Tract 48121021739 ·
Denton, TX · pop 3,343 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 48121021739 sits in the Continental Square area of Lewisville eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. It is home to 3,343 residents. This is renter territory: 99% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 51%Stable renters 49%Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units1,611
Renter share99.3%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate21.0%
Median income$56,955
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100th percentile
#1 of 11 tracts In Continental Square
Very High
Within parent city
97th percentile
#2 of 32 tracts In Lewisville
Very High
Within county
98th percentile
#5 of 193 tracts In Denton
Very High
Within state
99th percentile
#83 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lewisville and the region
Centroid at 33.0194, -96.9875 · click any tract to drill in
Why Continental Square scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lewisville
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
21.0% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$1,252 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lewisville
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lewisville
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lewisville
5.3
How Continental Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
86%Socioeconomic
78%Household composition
83%Racial/ethnic minority
63%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
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)
1,426Total filings over 13 yrs
20.10%Avg annual filing rate
11.2%Peak (2012)
85Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2016
Filings climbed 33% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,947Total filings 2020-21
25.3Avg monthly (observed)
14.8Pre-pandemic baseline
1.71×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Fort Worth, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Continental Square. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.2/10. Against the Denton County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. At $1,252 a month, rents run 25% under what the rest of Lewisville commands.
The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Adults with no health insurance runs 21.8% against 11.3% nationally. Against Denton County at 45.5%, 51% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Court records carry 1,426 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Filings peaked in 2012 at 11.2% of renter households.
In a typical year about 20.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48121021739
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48121021739?
Census tract 48121021739 in the Continental Square neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 48121021739?
Median gross rent is $1,252/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48121021739?
21.0% of residents in tract 48121021739 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,343.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48121021739?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 78th, minority 83th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 48121021739 considered part of Continental Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48121021739 fall within Continental Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48121021739?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,426 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 48121021739 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.10% of renter households, peaking at 11.2% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48121021739 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.71× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Worth eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48121021739 compare to Lewisville overall?
Tract 48121021739 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Lewisville at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lewisville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lewisville
Top eight tracts in Lewisville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.