Within parent city
97
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Dallas Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48121021637 · Denton, TX · pop 4,222 · 82% of tract blocks fall in Dallas
With a score of 5.1/10, tract 48121021637 in Dallas, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,222. 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 32%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units2,114
Renter share61.8%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate16.4%
Median income$53,289
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
87
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 32.9942, -96.8607 · 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
16.4% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,167 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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)
- 2,443Total filings over 13 yrs
- 16.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 31.2%Peak (2011)
- 112Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 17% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,014Total filings 2020-21
- 13.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 11.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.17×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Fort Worth, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dallas
Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.2/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Denton County average of 3.8.
Average gross rent is $1,167, 21% below the Dallas average. Against Denton County at 45.5%, 51% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Court records carry 2,443 eviction filings across 13 observed years. The worst year on record was 2011, when 31.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 16.4% 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 7.8/10 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.
Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $53,289. 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48121021637
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48121021637?
Census tract 48121021637 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 48121021637?
Median gross rent is $1,167/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48121021637?
16.4% of residents in tract 48121021637 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,222.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48121021637?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 73th, minority 83th, housing 59th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48121021637?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,443 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 48121021637 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.37% of renter households, peaking at 31.2% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48121021637 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.17× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Worth eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48121021637 compare to Dallas overall?
Tract 48121021637 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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