Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Pilot Point Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48121020118 · Denton, TX · pop 5,247 · 86% of tract blocks fall in Pilot Point
For landlords sizing up Pilot Point, census tract 48121020118 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.4/10. That is riskier than roughly 19% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 30% of renter households, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,212 a month against an average household income of $92,500 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 18% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units2,002
Renter share18.2%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$92,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
14
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pilot Point and the region
Centroid at 33.4072, -97.0455 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pilot Point scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pilot Point
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,212 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pilot Point
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pilot Point
4.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pilot Point
3.7
How Pilot Point compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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)
- 94Total filings 2020-21
- 1.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.90×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
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pilot Point
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 4.4/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Pilot Point, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Denton County average of 5.0 and below the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.90x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 67th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48121020118
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48121020118?
Census tract 48121020118 in Pilot Point scores 2.1/10 (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 48121020118?
Median gross rent is $1,212/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48121020118?
5.9% of residents in tract 48121020118 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,247.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48121020118?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 42th, minority 54th, housing 70th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48121020118 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.90× 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.
Q6
How does tract 48121020118 compare to Pilot Point overall?
Tract 48121020118 scores 2.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Pilot Point at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pilot Point; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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