Within parent city
92
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Garland Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48113018204 · Dallas, TX · pop 4,818
48113018204 is a census tract in Garland, TX. It scores 4.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,818 residents. Severe burden reaches 49%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,223
Renter share32.1%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate33.6%
Median income$60,396
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
77
th percentile
High
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Garland and the region
Centroid at 32.9018, -96.6257 · click any tract to drill in
Why Garland scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Garland
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
33.6% poverty · this tract
8.4
Supply constraint
$1,472 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Garland
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Garland
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Garland
2.5
How Garland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%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)
- 557Total filings over 18 yrs
- 8.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.0%Peak (2013)
- 21Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 42% over the past 18 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 76Total filings 2020-21
- 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.69×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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 Garland
Cost burden runs 72% here against 47.9% across Dallas County. Adults with no health insurance runs 40.7% against 11.3% nationally. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
The poverty rate is 34%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. It sits 0.9 points above the Dallas County average of 3.8. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 557 filings here across 18 tracked years.
At $1,472 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Garland commands. The worst year on record was 2013, when 13.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 8.5% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48113018204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48113018204?
Census tract 48113018204 in Garland scores 4.7/10 (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 48113018204?
Median gross rent is $1,472/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48113018204?
33.6% of residents in tract 48113018204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,818.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48113018204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 47th, minority 98th, housing 20th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48113018204?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 557 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 48113018204 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.47% of renter households, peaking at 13.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48113018204 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.69× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Dallas eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48113018204 compare to Garland overall?
Tract 48113018204 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Garland at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Garland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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