Frio County, Texas Eviction Risk: Low

Frio County, Texas eviction laws earns an average eviction-risk score of 3.9/10 (Low) across its 5 scored cities, placing it at rank 99 of 254 Texas counties. That position puts 98 counties at higher risk and 155 at lower risk, landing Frio County squarely in the middle third of the state. For landlords, a Low county average signals a relatively stable tenant base, manageable court exposure, and a legal framework that does not impose extra local hurdles on top of state law.

The intra-county spread runs from 1.3 to 2.1, a meaningful gap of 0.8 points that matters when comparing specific markets inside the county. Renter share sits at 43.6% of households, average rent is $1,045 per month, and the average rent burden is 23.1% of income, all figures that point to a market where most tenants can cover rent without chronic strain. Investors evaluating the area should weigh those fundamentals against a poverty rate of 23.3%, which remains a meaningful risk variable even in a Low-scoring county.

The cities inside Frio County

The two highest-risk cities are Pearsall (4/10, population 9,045) and Dilley (3.7/10, population 3,769). Both sit at the county ceiling and account for the bulk of the county's total population of 14,693. Landlords active in Pearsall or Dilley face the most concentrated eviction exposure the county produces, though even those scores remain firmly in the low tier statewide.

The picture shifts noticeably in the smaller communities. Bigfoot scores 3.6/10 (population 1,067), while North Pearsall and Moore each come in at 3.9/10, with populations of 440 and 372 respectively. Risk here is genuinely hyper-local: a landlord with units in Moore is operating in a materially different risk environment than a counterpart two miles away in Pearsall. City-level data is the only granularity that reflects that difference.

State-level laws that apply here

Every landlord in Frio County operates under Texas eviction laws state law, specifically Tex. Prop. Code § 91 and § 92 (Residential Tenancies). Texas sets a 3-day notice period for non-payment of rent (whether the tenant is first-time or habitually delinquent), lease violations, holdover tenancies, and end-of-term situations. Squatters and unauthorized occupants can receive a 0-day notice under Tex. Prop. Code § 24.011 as added by SB-38. An uncontested eviction typically resolves in 21 to 30 days; contested cases run 45 to 90 days. Reviewing the full Texas eviction process before filing avoids procedural missteps that can restart the clock.

Total case costs vary. Court filing fees run $54 to $125, sheriff lockout fees add $50 to $175, and attorney fees range from $500 to $3,500 depending on case complexity. Texas imposes no rent control and no just-cause eviction requirement, and state law explicitly preempts local rent-control ordinances under TX Local Gov Code § 214.902. Source-of-income is not a protected class under state law. For a full breakdown of what you can expect to spend, see Texas eviction costs before budgeting a case.

With a poverty rate of 23.3% and 43.6% of households renting, Frio County's Low average score reflects a stable but economically constrained market; the city-by-city grid above shows exactly where within the county that risk concentrates.