Within parent city
94
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Garland Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48113018402 · Dallas, TX · pop 4,313
Census tract 48113018402 covers part of Garland, TX, and scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,444
Renter share23.8%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate30.8%
Median income$81,250
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 32.8717, -96.6404 · 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
30.8% poverty · this tract
7.7
Supply constraint
$1,381 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%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)
- 302Total filings over 18 yrs
- 6.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.9%Peak (2011)
- 26Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 333% over the past 18 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 158Total filings 2020-21
- 2.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.10×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near 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 Garland
61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Dallas County average of 47.9%. Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 24.8% against 11.3% nationally.
At $1,381 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Garland commands. It sits 0.9 points above the Dallas County average of 3.8.
The filing record is not thin: 302 evictions over 18 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2011, when 11.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 24% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 8.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48113018402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48113018402?
Census tract 48113018402 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 48113018402?
Median gross rent is $1,381/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48113018402?
30.8% of residents in tract 48113018402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,313.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48113018402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 60th, minority 76th, housing 72th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48113018402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 302 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 48113018402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.00% of renter households, peaking at 11.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48113018402 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.10× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Dallas eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48113018402 compare to Garland overall?
Tract 48113018402 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Garland
Top eight tracts in Garland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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48113019013
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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48113018111
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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48113018204
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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48113018205
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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48113018148
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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48113018206
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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48113018700
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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