Within parent city
61
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Denton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48121021414 · Denton, TX · pop 4,967 · 59% of tract blocks fall in Denton
With a score of 5.2/10, tract 48121021414 in Denton, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,967. Severe burden reaches 47%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,340
Renter share13.1%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate14.3%
Median income$65,112
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Denton and the region
Centroid at 33.2238, -97.0579 · click any tract to drill in
Why Denton scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Denton
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
14.3% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,042 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Denton
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Denton
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Denton
3.5
How Denton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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)
- 147Total filings 2020-21
- 1.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.38×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Fort Worth, 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 Denton
Against Denton County at 45.5%, 92% of renters here are cost-burdened. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 28.7% against 11.3% nationally. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,042, 27% below the Denton average. Against the Denton County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.
On the national scale it lands near the 65th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 13% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 8.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $65,112.
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 48121021414
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48121021414?
Census tract 48121021414 in Denton scores 5.2/10 (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 48121021414?
Median gross rent is $1,042/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 92% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48121021414?
14.3% of residents in tract 48121021414 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,967.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48121021414?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 77th, minority 76th, housing 89th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48121021414 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.38× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Worth eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 48121021414 compare to Denton overall?
Tract 48121021414 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Denton at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Denton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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