Within neighborhood
29
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Fairmount Eviction Risk: Lower , Fort Worth
Tract 48439104302 · Tarrant, TX · pop 3,617 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
The Fairmount neighborhood of Fort Worth anchors census tract 48439104302, which lands at 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 34th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
47% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,487 a month while the average household earns $89,583 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,498
Renter share48.3%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$89,583
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
36
th percentile
Low
Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Worth and the region
Centroid at 32.7160, -97.3482 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fairmount scores 3.1
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
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,487 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Fairmount compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 42%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 100Total filings 2020-21
- 1.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.78×Ratio to baseline
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 Fairmount. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fairmount
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 3.7/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Fort Worth eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Tarrant County average of 5.1 and in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 2.78x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48439104302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439104302?
Census tract 48439104302 in the Fairmount neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 48439104302?
Median gross rent is $1,487/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48439104302?
8.9% of residents in tract 48439104302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,617.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48439104302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 3th, minority 41th, housing 46th.
Q5
Is tract 48439104302 considered part of Fairmount?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48439104302 fall within Fairmount (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48439104302 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.78× 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.
Q7
How does tract 48439104302 compare to Fort Worth overall?
Tract 48439104302 scores 3.1/10, higher than the parent city of Fort Worth at 2.6/10. 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 48439104302 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% 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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48439100505
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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