Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Lancaster Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48113016802 · Dallas, TX · pop 5,094 · 67% of tract blocks fall in Lancaster
48113016802 is a census tract in Lancaster, TX. It scores 4.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,094. Severe burden reaches 66%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,968
Renter share8.0%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate17.3%
Median income$86,023
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lancaster and the region
Centroid at 32.5702, -96.7779 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lancaster scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
17.3% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,927 rent vs county FMR
5.2
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 11%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)
- 517Total filings over 18 yrs
- 19.43%Avg annual filing rate
- 38.6%Peak (2008)
- 28Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 180% over the past 18 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 251Total filings 2020-21
- 3.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.46×Ratio to 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 Lancaster
Against Dallas County at 47.9%, 66% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10. The filing record is not thin: 517 evictions over 18 years of observation.
Average gross rent is $1,927, 13% above the Lancaster average. The worst year on record was 2008, when 38.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 19.4% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 46th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 8% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.7/10.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
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 48113016802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48113016802?
Census tract 48113016802 in Lancaster scores 4.2/10 (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 48113016802?
Median gross rent is $1,927/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48113016802?
17.3% of residents in tract 48113016802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,094.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48113016802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 51th, minority 88th, housing 11th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48113016802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 517 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 48113016802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.43% of renter households, peaking at 38.6% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48113016802 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.46× 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 48113016802 compare to Lancaster overall?
Tract 48113016802 scores 4.2/10, right in line with 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.
Tract · TX
Millbrook East
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48113016803
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48113016709
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48113016704
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
Millbrook East
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
Millbrook East
3.8
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
Millbrook East
3.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48113016708
3
/ 10 · Low
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