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Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally

Duncanville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48113016516 · Dallas, TX · pop 5,591

Tract 48113016516 sits in Duncanville, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5/10. Population here is 5,591. The severe-burden share is 46%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 6% Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,888
Renter share39.1%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$42,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 11 tracts In Duncanville
Very High
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#109 of 645 tracts In Dallas
High
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#1,025 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
National
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#32,842 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Duncanville and the region

Centroid at 32.6544, -96.9000 · click any tract to drill in

Why Duncanville scores 5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Duncanville
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,124 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Duncanville
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Duncanville
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Duncanville
7.1

How Duncanville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Duncanville risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.0This tracttract 0165164.0Duncanvilleparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 1,257Total filings over 18 yrs
  • 10.05%Avg annual filing rate
  • 24.3%Peak (2005)
  • 45Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48113016516
Filings dropped 53% over the past 18 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 583Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 5.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.34×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Dallas, 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 Duncanville

Against Dallas County at 47.9%, 84% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.

At $1,124 a month, rents run 31% under what the rest of Duncanville commands. Adults with no health insurance runs 27.5% against 11.3% nationally. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.3/10.

Against the Dallas County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Court records carry 1,257 eviction filings across 18 observed years. The worst year on record was 2005, when 24.3% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 10.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 48113016516

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48113016516?

Census tract 48113016516 in Duncanville scores 5/10 (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 48113016516?

Median gross rent is $1,124/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 84% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48113016516?

13.7% of residents in tract 48113016516 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,591.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48113016516?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 99th, minority 81th, housing 81th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48113016516?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,257 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 48113016516 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.05% of renter households, peaking at 24.3% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48113016516 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.34× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Dallas eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48113016516 compare to Duncanville overall?

Tract 48113016516 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Duncanville at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Duncanville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Duncanville

Top eight tracts in Duncanville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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