Denton Square Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48121021202 · Denton, TX · pop 4,196 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
48121021202 is a census tract in the Denton Square area of Denton, TX. It scores 4.9/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,196. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Denton and the region
Centroid at 33.2037, -97.1181 · click any tract to drill in
Why Denton Square scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Denton Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%Housing & transportation
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 294Total filings over 13 yrs
- 3.30%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.5%Peak (2007)
- 21Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 224Total filings 2020-21
- 2.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.12×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Fort Worth, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Denton Square. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
What drives eviction risk in Denton Square
25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Cost burden runs 56% here against 45.5% across Denton County. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. At $1,113 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Denton commands.
Against the Denton County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Court records carry 294 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Adults with no health insurance runs 18.5% against 11.3% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2007 at 2.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.3% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
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Highest-risk tracts in Denton
Top eight tracts in Denton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.