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Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally

Lancaster Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48113016709 · Dallas, TX · pop 3,633 · 53% of tract blocks fall in Lancaster

Tract 48113016709 sits in Lancaster, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. It is home to 3,633 residents. The severe-burden share is 43%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 21% Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,383
Renter share57.3%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate12.9%
Median income$46,259

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 9 tracts In Lancaster
High
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#149 of 645 tracts In Dallas
High
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#1,569 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
National
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#37,882 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lancaster and the region

Centroid at 32.6373, -96.7659 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lancaster scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lancaster
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
12.9% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,183 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lancaster
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lancaster
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lancaster
7.8

How Lancaster compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lancaster risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.7This tracttract 0167094.0Lancasterparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 583Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 8.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.91×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lancaster

Cost burden runs 64% here against 47.9% across Dallas County. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 29.7% against 11.3% nationally.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. At $1,183 a month, rents run 31% under what the rest of Lancaster commands. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Against the Dallas County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.9/10.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $46,259. 57% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48113016709

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48113016709?

Census tract 48113016709 in Lancaster 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 48113016709?

Median gross rent is $1,183/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48113016709?

12.9% of residents in tract 48113016709 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,633.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48113016709?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 94th, minority 89th, housing 98th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 48113016709 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.91× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Dallas eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6

How does tract 48113016709 compare to Lancaster overall?

Tract 48113016709 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Lancaster at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lancaster; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lancaster

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

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