Within parent city
90
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Cedar Hill Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48113016522 · Dallas, TX · pop 5,179 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Cedar Hill
Census tract 48113016522 runs through Cedar Hill. With 5,179 residents, it scores 6.5/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 86% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 73% of renter households, a severe level, and 56% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,056 a month while the average household earns $77,762 a year, roughly 32% of income at the averages. About 51% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units2,015
Renter share51.3%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate17.0%
Median income$77,762
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
38
th percentile
Low
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cedar Hill and the region
Centroid at 32.6017, -96.9814 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cedar Hill scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cedar Hill
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
17.0% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$2,056 rent vs county FMR
5.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cedar Hill
9.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cedar Hill
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cedar Hill
7.2
How Cedar Hill 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.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 74%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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)
- 593Total filings over 18 yrs
- 17.44%Avg annual filing rate
- 36.7%Peak (2015)
- 78Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 160% over the past 18 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 490Total filings 2020-21
- 6.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.03×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Dallas, 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 Cedar Hill
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 9.1/10. 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 Cedar Hill, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Dallas County average of 5.2 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 81st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.03x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 48113016522
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48113016522?
Census tract 48113016522 in Cedar Hill 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 48113016522?
Median gross rent is $2,056/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48113016522?
17.0% of residents in tract 48113016522 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,179.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48113016522?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 74th, minority 74th, housing 73th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48113016522?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 593 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 48113016522 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.44% of renter households, peaking at 36.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48113016522 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.03× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Dallas eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48113016522 compare to Cedar Hill overall?
Tract 48113016522 scores 3.3/10, higher than the parent city of Cedar Hill at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cedar Hill; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Cedar Hill
Top eight tracts in Cedar Hill ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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48113016626
3.6
/ 10 · Low
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The Creeks at Windmill Hill
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48113016615
2.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48113016629
2.8
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48113016529
2.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48113016616
2.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48113016624
2.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
The Creeks at Windmill Hill
2
/ 10 · Low
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