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Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally

Wedgwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Fort Worth

Tract 48439105502 · Tarrant, TX · pop 7,476 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 3.4/10, tract 48439105502 in the Wedgwood area of Fort Worth, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 7,476 residents. The severe-burden share is 34%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 17% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units2,278
Renter share40.0%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$80,417

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 7 tracts In Wedgwood
Very Low
Within parent city
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#116 of 203 tracts In Fort Worth
Moderate
Within county
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#252 of 449 tracts In Tarrant
Moderate
Within state
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#3,765 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fort Worth and the region

Centroid at 32.6628, -97.3793 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wedgwood scores 3.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,310 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Wedgwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wedgwood risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.4This tracttract 1055023.4Fort Worthparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 68

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 1,551Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 11.44%Avg annual filing rate
  • 23.2%Peak (2016)
  • 95Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48439105502
Filings climbed 126% over the past 17 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 458Total filings 2020-21
  • 6.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 8.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.69×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Wedgwood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wedgwood

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Cost burden runs 57% here against 50.2% across Tarrant County. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,551 filings here across 17 tracked years.

At $1,310 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Fort Worth commands. Filings peaked in 2016 at 23.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 11.4% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #59,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 7.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

It tracks the Tarrant County average of 3.8 closely. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $80,417.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 48439105502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439105502?

Census tract 48439105502 in the Wedgwood neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 48439105502?

Median gross rent is $1,310/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48439105502?

9.3% of residents in tract 48439105502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,476.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48439105502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 72th, minority 71th, housing 65th.
Q5

Is tract 48439105502 considered part of Wedgwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48439105502 fall within Wedgwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439105502?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,551 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439105502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.44% of renter households, peaking at 23.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48439105502 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.69× 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 48439105502 compare to Fort Worth overall?

Tract 48439105502 scores 3.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Fort Worth at 3.4/10. 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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