Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Sanger Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48121020203 · Denton, TX · pop 6,932 · 92% of tract blocks fall in Sanger
For landlords sizing up Sanger, census tract 48121020203 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. That is riskier than roughly 48% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 43% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,234 monthly, set against $95,679 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units2,386
Renter share19.6%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$95,679
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sanger and the region
Centroid at 33.3429, -97.1503 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sanger scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sanger
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,234 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sanger
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sanger
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sanger
5.4
How Sanger compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 311Total filings over 13 yrs
- 4.85%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.4%Peak (2007)
- 29Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 480% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 116Total filings 2020-21
- 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.7Pre-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 Sanger
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 6.8/10. 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 Sanger, 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 above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 34th 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 0.90x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48121020203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48121020203?
Census tract 48121020203 in Sanger scores 2.2/10 (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 48121020203?
Median gross rent is $1,234/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48121020203?
8.6% of residents in tract 48121020203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,932.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48121020203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 40th, minority 45th, housing 32th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48121020203?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 311 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 48121020203 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.85% of renter households, peaking at 11.4% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48121020203 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.
Q7
How does tract 48121020203 compare to Sanger overall?
Tract 48121020203 scores 2.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Sanger at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sanger; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sanger
Top eight tracts in Sanger ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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