Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown Fort Worth Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48439123302 · Tarrant, TX · pop 6,118 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 48439123302 sits in the Downtown Fort Worth area of Fort Worth eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.3/10. Population here is 6,118. The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units1,598
Renter share65.8%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$88,266
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
40
th percentile
Low
Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Worth and the region
Centroid at 32.7526, -97.3284 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown Fort Worth scores 3.3
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
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,550 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 Downtown Fort Worth compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 15%Grade C
- 16%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 334Total filings 2020-21
- 4.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.27×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
Within Downtown Fort Worth. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown Fort Worth
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
66% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Against Tarrant County at 50.2%, 45% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Adults with no health insurance runs 19.3% against 11.3% nationally. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Fort Worth. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.2/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Tarrant County average of 3.8 closely. Average gross rent is $1,550, close to the Fort Worth average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48439123302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439123302?
Census tract 48439123302 in the Downtown Fort Worth neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 48439123302?
Median gross rent is $1,550/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48439123302?
10.4% of residents in tract 48439123302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,118.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48439123302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 8th, minority 64th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 48439123302 considered part of Downtown Fort Worth?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48439123302 fall within Downtown Fort Worth (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48439123302 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.27× 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 48439123302 compare to Fort Worth overall?
Tract 48439123302 scores 3.3/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 48439123302 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 16% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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