Within parent city
13
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Little Elm Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48121020134 · Denton, TX · pop 6,386 · 32% of tract blocks fall in Little Elm
Little Elm is where census tract 48121020134 sits, home to 6,386 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is $1/10. That is riskier than about 37% of US census tracts.
27% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $3,047 monthly, set against $180,500 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 13% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units2,390
Renter share13.2%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate0.8%
Median income$180,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
3
th percentile
Very Low
National
2
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Little Elm and the region
Centroid at 33.1976, -96.9099 · click any tract to drill in
Why Little Elm scores 1.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Little Elm
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
0.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,047 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Little Elm
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Little Elm
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Little Elm
5.3
How Little Elm compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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)
- 326Total filings 2020-21
- 4.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 31.05×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. 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 Little Elm
What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Little Elm, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Denton County average of 5.0 and in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Asian and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 9th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 31.05x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48121020134
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48121020134?
Census tract 48121020134 in Little Elm scores 1.1/10 (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 48121020134?
Median gross rent is $3,047/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48121020134?
0.8% of residents in tract 48121020134 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,386.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48121020134?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 8th, minority 84th, housing 15th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48121020134 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 31.05× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Worth eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 48121020134 compare to Little Elm overall?
Tract 48121020134 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Little Elm at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Little Elm; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Little Elm
Top eight tracts in Little Elm ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · TX
48121020127
2.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48121020132
2.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48121020120
2.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48121020126
2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48121020133
1.4
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · TX
48121020119
1.4
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · TX
48121020130
1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · TX
48121020112
1.1
/ 10 · Very Low
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