Within parent city
37
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Fort Worth Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48439105008 · Tarrant, TX · pop 9,175 · 96% of tract blocks fall in Fort Worth
Census tract 48439105008 runs through Fort Worth. With 9,175 residents, it scores 4.9/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 34% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 53% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,553 monthly, set against $76,496 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units3,647
Renter share62.2%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$76,496
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Worth and the region
Centroid at 32.8500, -97.3250 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fort Worth scores 3.2
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
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,553 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 Fort Worth compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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)
- 1,624Total filings over 17 yrs
- 9.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 26.9%Peak (2009)
- 79Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 2,533% over the past 17 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 742Total filings 2020-21
- 9.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.79×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
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fort Worth
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 4.1/10. 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 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.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 44th 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.79x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48439105008
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439105008?
Census tract 48439105008 in Fort Worth scores 3.2/10 (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 48439105008?
Median gross rent is $1,553/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48439105008?
6.7% of residents in tract 48439105008 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 9,175.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48439105008?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 41th, minority 72th, housing 23th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439105008?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,624 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439105008 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.96% of renter households, peaking at 26.9% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48439105008 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.79× 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 48439105008 compare to Fort Worth overall?
Tract 48439105008 scores 3.2/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fort Worth
Top eight tracts in Fort Worth ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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48439105201
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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48439105902
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · TX
48439106520
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · TX
48439105207
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · TX
48439103800
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · TX
48439106300
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · TX
48439104504
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · TX
48439104505
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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