Denton Square Eviction Risk: Moderate

Against Denton County at 45.5%, 67% of renters here are cost-burdened. 88% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Annualized rent equals 40% of average household income of $37,122, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.5/10.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.6/10.

It sits 1.4 points above the Denton County average of 3.8. The filing record is not thin: 336 evictions over 13 years of observation. At $1,245 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Denton commands.

Filings peaked in 2016 at 4.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.4% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.