Dallas Eviction Risk: Moderate

61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Dallas County average of 47.9%. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 31.6% against 11.3% nationally. 80% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income of $39,439, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

It sits 1.3 points above the Dallas County average of 3.8. At $1,178 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Dallas commands. Court records carry 3,037 eviction filings across 18 observed years.

The worst year on record was 2012, when 16.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 11.6% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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