Within neighborhood
86
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
Fairmount Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fort Worth
Tract 48439123600 · Tarrant, TX · pop 3,820 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 48439123600 covers Fairmount in Fort Worth in Texas. Home to 3,820 residents, it scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #40,783 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 48% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,583 monthly, set against $64,809 in average yearly household income, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 88% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42%
Stable renters 46%
Owners 12%
Tract context
Occupied units1,781
Renter share88.3%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate25.1%
Median income$64,809
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Worth and the region
Centroid at 32.7302, -97.3283 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fairmount scores 4.8
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
25.1% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$1,583 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 Fairmount compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 74%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 6%Grade B
- 40%Grade C
- 33%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 1,038Total filings over 17 yrs
- 9.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.5%Peak (2013)
- 53Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 17 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 652Total filings 2020-21
- 8.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.87×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 Fairmount. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fairmount
What moves this score most is economic stress at 6.3/10. 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 Fort Worth eviction risk, 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.87x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,038 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 9.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.5% of renter households in 2013.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48439123600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439123600?
Census tract 48439123600 in the Fairmount neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 48439123600?
Median gross rent is $1,583/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48439123600?
25.1% of residents in tract 48439123600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,820.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48439123600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 27th, minority 74th, housing 96th.
Q5
Is tract 48439123600 considered part of Fairmount?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48439123600 fall within Fairmount (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439123600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,038 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439123600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.10% of renter households, peaking at 12.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48439123600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.87× 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.
Q8
How does tract 48439123600 compare to Fort Worth overall?
Tract 48439123600 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Fort Worth at 2.6/10. 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.
Q9
Was tract 48439123600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 33% 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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