Within parent city
72
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Dallas Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48121021635 · Denton, TX · pop 4,509
48121021635 is a census tract in Dallas, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,509 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 43%
Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units2,330
Renter share76.0%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$61,341
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dallas and the region
Centroid at 33.0023, -96.8480 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dallas scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dallas
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,410 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Dallas compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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)
- 1,888Total filings over 13 yrs
- 7.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.4%Peak (2016)
- 274Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 156% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,470Total filings 2020-21
- 19.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 24.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.78×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Fort Worth, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
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Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dallas
This is renter territory: 76% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10.
Against the Denton County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Court records carry 1,888 eviction filings across 13 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 13.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 7.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 5.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.
43% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Average gross rent is $1,410, close to the Dallas average. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $61,341.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48121021635
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48121021635?
Census tract 48121021635 in Dallas scores 5.1/10 (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 48121021635?
Median gross rent is $1,410/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48121021635?
10.4% of residents in tract 48121021635 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,509.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48121021635?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 45th, minority 78th, housing 35th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48121021635?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,888 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 48121021635 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.76% of renter households, peaking at 13.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48121021635 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.78× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Worth eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48121021635 compare to Dallas overall?
Tract 48121021635 scores 5.1/10, 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.
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