Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Wheatley Place Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dallas
Tract 48113020900 · Dallas, TX · pop 2,209 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Tract 48113020900 sits in the Wheatley Place Historic District area of Dallas eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. Population here is 2,209. Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 51%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 15%
Tract context
Occupied units1,220
Renter share84.2%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate29.5%
Median income$32,447
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dallas and the region
Centroid at 32.7514, -96.7726 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wheatley Place Historic District scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
29.5% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$1,141 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 Wheatley Place Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 32%Grade C
- 10%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
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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 842Total filings 2020-21
- 10.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 11.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.96×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Dallas, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Wheatley Place Historic District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wheatley Place Historic District
Annualized rent equals 42% of average household income of $32,447, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
This is renter territory: 84% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Against Dallas County at 47.9%, 60% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.1/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 27.1% against 11.3% nationally. The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
At $1,141 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Dallas commands. It sits 1.3 points above the Dallas County average of 3.8.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Dallas. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48113020900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48113020900?
Census tract 48113020900 in the Wheatley Place Historic District neighborhood 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 48113020900?
Median gross rent is $1,141/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48113020900?
29.5% of residents in tract 48113020900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,209.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48113020900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 53th, minority 88th, housing 92th.
Q5
Is tract 48113020900 considered part of Wheatley Place Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48113020900 fall within Wheatley Place Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48113020900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.96× 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 48113020900 compare to Dallas overall?
Tract 48113020900 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.
Q8
Was tract 48113020900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 10% 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.
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