Within neighborhood
71
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Fairmount Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fort Worth
Tract 48439104502 · Tarrant, TX · pop 2,848 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Census tract 48439104502 runs through the Fairmount neighborhood of Fort Worth. With 2,848 residents, it scores 5.2/10 for landlords. It lands near the 44th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 47% of renter households, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,385 a month while the average household earns $61,938 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units925
Renter share27.8%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate21.9%
Median income$61,938
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
75
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Worth and the region
Centroid at 32.7068, -97.3258 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fairmount scores 4.5
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
21.9% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$1,385 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 12%Grade B
- 29%Grade C
- 57%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)
- 760Total filings over 17 yrs
- 9.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.6%Peak (2017)
- 65Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 30% over the past 17 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 201Total filings 2020-21
- 2.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.56×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
Within Fairmount. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fairmount
The heaviest input here is economic stress at 5.5/10. 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 riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 760 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 9.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 13.6% of renter households in 2017.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 62nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48439104502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439104502?
Census tract 48439104502 in the Fairmount neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 48439104502?
Median gross rent is $1,385/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48439104502?
21.9% of residents in tract 48439104502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,848.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48439104502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 37th, minority 90th, housing 35th.
Q5
Is tract 48439104502 considered part of Fairmount?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48439104502 fall within Fairmount (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439104502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 760 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439104502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.94% of renter households, peaking at 13.6% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48439104502 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.56× 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.
Q8
How does tract 48439104502 compare to Fort Worth overall?
Tract 48439104502 scores 4.5/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 48439104502 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 57% 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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