3 census tracts · pop 14,320 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.8/10
· range 3.8–5.1
Fair Park is a 3-tract neighborhood of Dallas, TX, population 14,320. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.8/10, in the Moderate tier. 47% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Dallas rate of 30.9%.
28% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 1.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,027, 30% below the Dallas average of $1,472.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3.8 to 5.1, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Filings are well documented here: 1,938 across 2 observed tracts.
The poverty rate is 17%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The worst year on record was 2017, when filings touched 14.6% of renter households. Running cool is housing-court posture, at 3/10.
Among the 36 mapped neighborhoods of Dallas, it ranks #8 by risk, the upper third. Judgments average 4.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Lacerte Family Children's Zoo and North Lake Highlands. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.5/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.3 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Fair Park vs DallasHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority95%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport87%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Fair Park
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,938Total filings (sum)
8.54%Avg annual filing rate
14.6%Peak year (2017)
9.08%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,659Total filings 2020-21
8.1Avg monthly observed
8.7Pre-pandemic baseline
0.93×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Dallas, TX).
Frequently asked
About Fair Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Fair Park?
Fair Park scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Fair Park compare to Dallas overall?
Fair Park scores 1.1 points higher than Dallas overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,027 vs $1,472.
Q3
What is the average rent in Fair Park?
Average gross rent in Fair Park is $1,027/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Fair Park residents are renters?
57% of Fair Park households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Dallas). The neighborhood has 14,320 residents.
Q5
Is Fair Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Fair Park sits in the 94th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Fair Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Fair Park is census tract 48113002703 (score 5.1/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.8 to 5.1, a spread of 1.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Fair Park for landlords?
Fair Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.8/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Dallas as a whole (3.7/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Fair Park?
Fair Park has 13,123 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (53.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (37.8%), White (non-Hispanic) (4.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
