Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Legend Crest Eviction Risk: Lower , The Colony
Tract 48121021531 ·
Denton, TX · pop 4,272 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 3.2/10, tract 48121021531 in the Legend Crest area of The Colony, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,272 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.3/10.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%Stable renters 12%Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,740
Renter share12.2%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$130,158
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0th percentile
#3 of 3 tracts In Legend Crest
Very Low
Within parent city
22th percentile
#8 of 10 tracts In The Colony
Low
Within county
46th percentile
#105 of 193 tracts In Denton
Moderate
Within state
40th percentile
#4,107 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across The Colony and the region
Centroid at 33.0905, -96.8697 · click any tract to drill in
Why Legend Crest scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from The Colony
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,848 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from The Colony
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from The Colony
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from The Colony
4.1
How Legend Crest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
22%Socioeconomic
18%Household composition
63%Racial/ethnic minority
1%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)
44Total filings 2020-21
0.6Avg monthly (observed)
0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
0.77×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
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 Legend Crest. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10. Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 12% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 1.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $130,158, annual rent is just 17%.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
It tracks the Denton County average of 3.8 closely. Average gross rent is $1,848, close to the The Colony average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48121021531
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48121021531?
Census tract 48121021531 in the Legend Crest neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 48121021531?
Median gross rent is $1,848/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48121021531?
5.4% of residents in tract 48121021531 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,272.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48121021531?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 18th, minority 63th, housing 1th.
Q5
Is tract 48121021531 considered part of Legend Crest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48121021531 fall within Legend Crest (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48121021531 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.77× 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 48121021531 compare to The Colony overall?
Tract 48121021531 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of The Colony at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from The Colony; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in The Colony
Top eight tracts in The Colony ranked by composite eviction-risk score.