Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Highlands Eviction Risk: Lower , Dallas
Tract 48113013009 ·
Dallas, TX · pop 4,804 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Tract 48113013009 sits in the Lake Highlands area of Dallas eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 4,804. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%Stable renters 19%Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,623
Renter share41.9%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$100,345
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33th percentile
#5 of 7 tracts In Lake Highlands
Low
Within parent city
20th percentile
#280 of 348 tracts In Dallas
Very Low
Within county
23th percentile
#500 of 645 tracts In Dallas
Low
Within state
35th percentile
#4,505 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dallas and the region
Centroid at 32.8873, -96.7127 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake Highlands scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Dallas
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,366 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dallas
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dallas
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dallas
3.0
How Lake Highlands compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
46%Socioeconomic
23%Household composition
63%Racial/ethnic minority
39%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)
1,396Total filings over 18 yrs
8.70%Avg annual filing rate
13.0%Peak (2015)
75Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2000 to 2017
Filings climbed 32% over the past 18 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
891Total filings 2020-21
11.6Avg monthly (observed)
6.8Pre-pandemic baseline
1.70×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Dallas, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Lake Highlands. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.
55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Dallas County average of 47.9%. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,396 filings here across 18 tracked years. It sits 0.8 points below the Dallas County average of 3.8.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 13.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 8.7% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 4.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $100,345, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48113013009
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48113013009?
Census tract 48113013009 in the Lake Highlands neighborhood scores 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 48113013009?
Median gross rent is $1,366/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48113013009?
11.4% of residents in tract 48113013009 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,804.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48113013009?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 23th, minority 63th, housing 39th.
Q5
Is tract 48113013009 considered part of Lake Highlands?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48113013009 fall within Lake Highlands (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48113013009?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,396 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 48113013009 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.70% of renter households, peaking at 13.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 48113013009 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.70× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Dallas eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 48113013009 compare to Dallas overall?
Tract 48113013009 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Dallas at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dallas eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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