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Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally

New Koreatown Eviction Risk: Lower , Carrollton

Tract 48121021612 · Denton, TX · pop 3,656 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

48121021612 is a census tract in the New Koreatown area of Carrollton, TX. It scores 3.9/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,656. 38% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 19% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,391
Renter share40.5%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate14.3%
Median income$107,558

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In New Koreatown
Very High
Within parent city
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 30 tracts In Carrollton
High
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#72 of 193 tracts In Denton
Elevated
Within state
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#2,880 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Carrollton and the region

Centroid at 33.0054, -96.9044 · click any tract to drill in

Why New Koreatown scores 3.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Carrollton
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
14.3% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,446 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Carrollton
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Carrollton
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Carrollton
2.5

How New Koreatown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
New Koreatown risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.93.9This tracttract 021612Carrollton: 3.23.2Carrolltonparent cityCounty: 3.83.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 61

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 78Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 1.19%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.7%Peak (2005)
  • 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 481210216122001: 6 filings (1.14/100 renter HHs)2002: 5 filings (0.95/100 renter HHs)2003: 3 filings (0.57/100 renter HHs)2004: 4 filings (0.76/100 renter HHs)2005: 11 filings (2.74/100 renter HHs)2006: 6 filings (1.50/100 renter HHs)2007: 7 filings (1.75/100 renter HHs)2010: 11 filings (2.08/100 renter HHs)2011: 6 filings (0.96/100 renter HHs)2012: 9 filings (1.44/100 renter HHs)2013: 6 filings (0.96/100 renter HHs)2015: 3 filings (0.48/100 renter HHs)2016: 1 filings (0.17/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 83% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 29Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.76×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2022-07-01: 2 filings (8.00× baseline)2022-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-11-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2022-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2023-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 2 filings (4.00× baseline)2023-12-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2024-01-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2024-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-03-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2024-04-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2024-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-04-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2025-05-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-08-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 3 filings (6.00× baseline)2025-11-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2025-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-01-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× 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 New Koreatown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in New Koreatown

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10.

Against Denton County at 45.5%, 52% of renters here are cost-burdened. Average gross rent is $1,446, 17% below the Carrollton average.

Court records carry 78 eviction filings across 13 observed years. The worst year on record was 2005, when 2.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.2% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #50,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.5/10. Against average income of $107,558, annual rent is just 16%.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Denton County average of 3.8 closely.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48121021612

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48121021612?

Census tract 48121021612 in the New Koreatown neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (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 48121021612?

Median gross rent is $1,446/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48121021612?

14.3% of residents in tract 48121021612 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,656.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48121021612?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 23th, minority 67th, housing 75th.
Q5

Is tract 48121021612 considered part of New Koreatown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48121021612 fall within New Koreatown (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48121021612?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 78 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 48121021612 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.19% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 48121021612 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.76× 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 48121021612 compare to Carrollton overall?

Tract 48121021612 scores 3.9/10, higher than the parent city of Carrollton at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Carrollton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Carrollton

Top eight tracts in Carrollton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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