Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Kensington Place Eviction Risk: Lower , Carrollton
Tract 48121021640 · Denton, TX · pop 2,676 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 48121021640 sits in the Kensington Place area of Carrollton eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 2,676. Cost burden runs 25% here against 45.5% across Denton County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 46%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,077
Renter share61.9%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate2.0%
Median income$123,219
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Carrollton and the region
Centroid at 33.0328, -96.8708 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kensington Place scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Carrollton
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
2.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,480 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Carrollton
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Carrollton
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Carrollton
2.5
How Kensington Place compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 178Total filings 2020-21
- 2.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.85×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Fort Worth, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Kensington Place. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kensington Place
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
At $1,480 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Carrollton commands. Against the Denton County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.2/10. Against average income of $123,219, annual rent is just 14%. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48121021640
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48121021640?
Census tract 48121021640 in the Kensington Place neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 48121021640?
Median gross rent is $1,480/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48121021640?
2.0% of residents in tract 48121021640 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,676.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48121021640?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 14th, minority 79th, housing 47th.
Q5
Is tract 48121021640 considered part of Kensington Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48121021640 fall within Kensington Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48121021640 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.85× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Worth eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48121021640 compare to Carrollton overall?
Tract 48121021640 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Carrollton at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Carrollton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in Carrollton
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/ 10 · Moderate
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4
/ 10 · Moderate
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4
/ 10 · Moderate
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3.9
/ 10 · Low
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3.5
/ 10 · Low
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3.4
/ 10 · Low
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3.4
/ 10 · Low
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3.3
/ 10 · Low
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