6 census tracts · pop 29,665 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.1/10
· range 3–5.1
Oak Cliff spans 6 census tracts of Dallas, TX and houses 29,665 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.1/10, in the Moderate tier. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
The 6 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3 to 5.1, a 2.1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. 15% 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. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.6/10.
Filings are well documented here: 3,115 across 6 observed tracts. The poverty rate is 17%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. around a third of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, above the Dallas rate of 30.9%.
Filing activity peaked in 2017 at 18.9% of renter households. On the softer side is housing-court posture, at 3/10. Among the 36 mapped neighborhoods of Dallas, it ranks #15 by risk, the middle third.
Judgments average 2.5% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Wheatley Place Historic District and Winnetka Heights Historic District score within a fraction of it.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.1 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
6 tracts · population-weighted
Oak Cliff vs DallasHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority92%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport37%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Oak Cliff
Aggregated across 6 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
3,115Total filings (sum)
5.61%Avg annual filing rate
18.9%Peak year (2017)
5.74%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
854Total filings 2020-21
1.9Avg monthly observed
5.2Pre-pandemic baseline
0.79×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Dallas, TX).
Frequently asked
About Oak Cliff
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Oak Cliff?
Oak Cliff scores 4.1/10 (Moderate tier) across 6 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 Oak Cliff compare to Dallas overall?
Oak Cliff scores 0.4 points higher than Dallas overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 35% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,420 vs $1,472.
Q3
What is the average rent in Oak Cliff?
Average gross rent in Oak Cliff is $1,420/month (pop-weighted across 6 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Oak Cliff residents are renters?
36% of Oak Cliff households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Dallas). The neighborhood has 29,665 residents.
Q5
Is Oak Cliff a high social-vulnerability area?
Oak Cliff sits in the 74th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Oak Cliff have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Oak Cliff is census tract 48113010804 (score 5.1/10). Across the 6 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 5.1, a spread of 2.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Oak Cliff for landlords?
Oak Cliff carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.1/10). Pop-weighted across 6 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 Oak Cliff?
Oak Cliff has 29,139 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (82.9%), White (non-Hispanic) (9.6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (6.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
