Within parent city
19
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Arlington Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48439111409 · Tarrant, TX · pop 5,483
With a score of 5.3/10, tract 48439111409 in Arlington in Tarrant County ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 5,483 residents. That is riskier than about 48% of US census tracts.
About 61% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 45% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,500 a month while the average household earns $127,880 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 8% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units2,033
Renter share7.8%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$127,880
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Arlington and the region
Centroid at 32.6357, -97.1548 · click any tract to drill in
Why Arlington scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Arlington
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
12.3% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$2,500 rent vs county FMR
9.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Arlington
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Arlington
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Arlington
2.5
How Arlington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%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)
- 143Total filings over 17 yrs
- 9.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 23.3%Peak (2011)
- 8Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 167% over the past 17 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 54Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.64×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 Arlington
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 9.7/10. 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 Arlington 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 above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 14th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 143 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 10.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 23.3% of renter households in 2011.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48439111409
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439111409?
Census tract 48439111409 in Arlington scores 2.8/10 (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 48439111409?
Median gross rent is $2,500/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48439111409?
12.3% of residents in tract 48439111409 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,483.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48439111409?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 29th, minority 65th, housing 5th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439111409?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 143 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439111409 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.99% of renter households, peaking at 23.3% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48439111409 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.64× 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 48439111409 compare to Arlington overall?
Tract 48439111409 scores 2.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Arlington at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Arlington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Arlington
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48439122401
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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48439122701
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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