Neighborhood · Ranked #61,465 of 84,120 nationally
Oak Lawn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dallas
Tract 48113000607 ·
Dallas, TX · pop 1,877 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 48113000607 sits in the Oak Lawn neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. It has a population of 1,877 and an eviction-risk score of 4.6/10 (Moderate tier). 26% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 14% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,619/month against a median household income of $115,972 — roughly 17% rent-to-income at the medians.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%Stable renters 38%Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,231
Renter share51.0%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate10.2%
Median income$115,972
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
9th percentile
#11 of 12 tracts In Oak Lawn
Very Low
Within parent city
8th percentile
#320 of 348 tracts In Dallas
Very Low
Within county
14th percentile
#558 of 645 tracts In Dallas
Very Low
Within state
34th percentile
#4,563 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dallas and the region
Centroid at 32.8205, -96.8066 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oak Lawn scores 4.6
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
10.2% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,619 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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 Oak Lawn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
24%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
46%Racial/ethnic minority
14%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B — Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
2%Grade A
98%Grade B
0%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org) — 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
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.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
85Total filings 2020-21
1.1Avg monthly (observed)
1.6Pre-pandemic baseline
0.71×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 — 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Dallas, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48113000607?
Census tract 48113000607 in the Oak Lawn neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (Moderate 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 48113000607?
Median gross rent is $1,619/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48113000607?
10.2% of residents in tract 48113000607 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,877.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48113000607?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 1th, minority 46th, housing 14th.
Q5
Is tract 48113000607 considered part of Oak Lawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48113000607 fall within Oak Lawn (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48113000607 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.71× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Dallas eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48113000607 compare to Dallas overall?
Tract 48113000607 scores 4.6/10 — higher 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.
Q8
Was tract 48113000607 historically redlined?
Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Dallas
Top eight tracts in Dallas ranked by composite eviction-risk score.