Within parent city
8
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Fort Worth Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48439102700 · Tarrant, TX · pop 3,326
48439102700 is a census tract in Fort Worth, TX. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,326. 31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,596
Renter share41.2%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate4.0%
Median income$96,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Worth and the region
Centroid at 32.7408, -97.3762 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fort Worth scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fort Worth
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
4.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,657 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Worth
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Worth
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Worth
2.5
How Fort Worth compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 6%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 39%Grade A
- 57%Grade B
- 3%Grade C
- 1%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 308Total filings over 17 yrs
- 2.41%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.1%Peak (2001)
- 8Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 76% over the past 17 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 56Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.62×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Fort Worth, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fort Worth
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10.
Cost burden runs 55% here against 50.2% across Tarrant County. Court records carry 308 eviction filings across 17 observed years. Against the Tarrant County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.
Average gross rent is $1,657, 10% above the Fort Worth average. Filings peaked in 2001 at 4.1% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Fort Worth. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 2.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.7/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48439102700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439102700?
Census tract 48439102700 in Fort Worth scores 3/10 (Lower 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 48439102700?
Median gross rent is $1,657/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48439102700?
4.0% of residents in tract 48439102700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,326.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48439102700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 22th, minority 48th, housing 6th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439102700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 308 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439102700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.41% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48439102700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.62× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Worth eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48439102700 compare to Fort Worth overall?
Tract 48439102700 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Fort Worth at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fort Worth eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 48439102700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 1% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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