Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally
Watauga Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48439113803 · Tarrant, TX · pop 5,957
Tract 48439113803 covers Watauga in Texas. Home to 5,957 residents, it scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 59% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 65% of renter households, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,928 a month while the average household earns $105,368 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,890
Renter share17.4%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$105,368
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
National
8
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Watauga and the region
Centroid at 32.8873, -97.2494 · click any tract to drill in
Why Watauga scores 1.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Watauga
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,928 rent vs county FMR
6.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Watauga
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Watauga
4.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Watauga
6.1
How Watauga compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%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)
- 399Total filings over 17 yrs
- 7.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.2%Peak (2008)
- 18Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 18% over the past 17 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 92Total filings 2020-21
- 1.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.85×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 Watauga
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Watauga, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 399 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 7.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 14.2% of renter households in 2008.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.85x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48439113803
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439113803?
Census tract 48439113803 in Watauga scores 1.7/10 (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 48439113803?
Median gross rent is $1,928/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48439113803?
3.4% of residents in tract 48439113803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,957.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48439113803?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 26th, minority 53th, housing 53th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439113803?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 399 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439113803 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.78% of renter households, peaking at 14.2% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48439113803 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.85× 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 48439113803 compare to Watauga overall?
Tract 48439113803 scores 1.7/10, lower than the parent city of Watauga at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Watauga; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Watauga
Top eight tracts in Watauga ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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