Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Bedford Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48439113628 · Tarrant, TX · pop 5,165
Tract 48439113628 sits in Bedford, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. It is home to 5,165 residents. Severe burden reaches 40%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 45%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 21%
Tract context
Occupied units2,168
Renter share79.3%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate16.3%
Median income$54,630
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bedford and the region
Centroid at 32.8411, -97.1169 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bedford scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bedford
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
16.3% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,403 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bedford
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bedford
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bedford
5.2
How Bedford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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)
- 2,755Total filings over 17 yrs
- 9.77%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.3%Peak (2003)
- 86Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 17 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 725Total filings 2020-21
- 9.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 9.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.98×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 Bedford
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. This is renter territory: 79% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. It sits 1.7 points above the Tarrant County average of 3.8. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Cost burden runs 57% here against 50.2% across Tarrant County. Court records carry 2,755 eviction filings across 17 observed years. The worst year on record was 2003, when 17.3% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 9.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 8.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,403, close to the Bedford average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48439113628
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439113628?
Census tract 48439113628 in Bedford 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 48439113628?
Median gross rent is $1,403/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48439113628?
16.3% of residents in tract 48439113628 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,165.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48439113628?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 72th, minority 71th, housing 79th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439113628?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,755 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439113628 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.77% of renter households, peaking at 17.3% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48439113628 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.98× 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 48439113628 compare to Bedford overall?
Tract 48439113628 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Bedford at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bedford; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bedford
Top eight tracts in Bedford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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48439113637
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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48439113630
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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48439113607
3.8
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48439113618
3.8
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48439113629
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48439113638
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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48439113512
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48439113624
3
/ 10 · Low
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