Within parent city
97
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally
Fort Worth Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48439104505 · Tarrant, TX · pop 5,693
Census tract 48439104505 covers Fort Worth in Tarrant County, home to 5,693 residents. For landlords it grades 5.7/10, a moderate reading. It lands near the 63rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 52% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,163 monthly, set against $43,441 in average yearly household income, roughly 32% of income at the averages. About 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,945
Renter share32.5%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate36.1%
Median income$43,441
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
84
th percentile
High
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Worth and the region
Centroid at 32.7082, -97.3121 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fort Worth scores 5.6
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
36.1% poverty · this tract
9.0
Supply constraint
$1,163 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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
- 17%Grade B
- 7%Grade C
- 41%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)
- 1,063Total filings over 17 yrs
- 13.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.2%Peak (2016)
- 53Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 17 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 310Total filings 2020-21
- 4.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.72×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. 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
What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. 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 above the Tarrant County average of 5.1 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 41% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,063 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 13.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 15.2% of renter households in 2016.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48439104505
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439104505?
Census tract 48439104505 in Fort Worth scores 5.6/10 (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 48439104505?
Median gross rent is $1,163/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48439104505?
36.1% of residents in tract 48439104505 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,693.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48439104505?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 91th, minority 94th, housing 32th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439104505?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,063 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439104505 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.42% of renter households, peaking at 15.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48439104505 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.72× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Worth eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48439104505 compare to Fort Worth overall?
Tract 48439104505 scores 5.6/10, 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 48439104505 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. 41% 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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