Within parent city
95
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Fort Worth Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48439105203 · Tarrant, TX · pop 3,006
Tract 48439105203, home to 3,006 residents in Fort Worth in Tarrant County, scores 5.7/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 63rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 74% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,219 a month against an average household income of $39,656 a year, roughly 37% of income at the averages. Renters make up 47% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,167
Renter share46.9%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate35.2%
Median income$39,656
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Worth and the region
Centroid at 32.7207, -97.4681 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fort Worth scores 5.5
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
35.2% poverty · this tract
8.8
Supply constraint
$1,219 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 74%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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)
- 283Total filings over 17 yrs
- 3.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.9%Peak (2009)
- 15Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 275% over the past 17 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 360Total filings 2020-21
- 4.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 4.29×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
What moves this score most is economic stress at 8.8/10. 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 4.29x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 78th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48439105203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439105203?
Census tract 48439105203 in Fort Worth scores 5.5/10 (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 48439105203?
Median gross rent is $1,219/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48439105203?
35.2% of residents in tract 48439105203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,006.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48439105203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 60th, minority 74th, housing 48th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439105203?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 283 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439105203 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.40% of renter households, peaking at 7.9% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48439105203 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 4.29× 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 48439105203 compare to Fort Worth overall?
Tract 48439105203 scores 5.5/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fort Worth
Top eight tracts in Fort Worth ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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5.7
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5.7
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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