Jack County, Texas Eviction Risk: Low

Jack County sits in the higher-risk of Texas eviction laws counties for eviction risk, carrying a county-wide average of 2.8/10 (Low) and ranking 7th of 254 statewide. With only 5,242 residents spread across a rural footprint in north-central Texas eviction laws, the county's rental market is small by any measure - yet its position at rank 7th means 6 Texas eviction laws counties post higher risk scores, while 247 counties look more landlord-friendly. Scores across Jack County's three tracked cities span a range of 2.1 to 2.9, a spread that reflects meaningful differences between the county seat and its smaller neighbors.

Jacksboro, the county seat and home to roughly 4,334 of the county's 5,242 residents, posts the highest individual score at 2.9/10 - the primary driver behind the county's overall position. The town's rental households face an average monthly rent of $814, and 29.7% of renter income goes toward housing costs, a rent burden level that sits comfortably below the 30% threshold often used as a distress benchmark - though it sits just beneath that line. Bryson, a smaller community of 659 people to the northeast, comes in at 2.6/10. Perrin, the smallest of the three with a population of 249, records the county's lowest score at 2.1/10, anchoring the low end of the 2.1-2.9 spread and suggesting that rental conditions in the county's most rural corners carry less tenant-protective pressure than the county seat.

The underlying economic picture adds context. A 21.7% poverty rate in Jack County is well above the typical rural Texas eviction laws average, and 36.3% of occupied housing units are renter-occupied - a higher renter share than many comparably-sized rural counties in the state. That combination - meaningful poverty, a sizable renter share, and rents averaging $814 - creates the conditions that push the county into the higher-risk of Texas despite its otherwise low absolute score of 2.8/10. Texas eviction laws law governs landlord-tenant relations through Tex. Prop. Code § 91 and § 92, and the state's eviction framework is landlord-friendly: no just-cause requirement for non-renewal, a 3-day notice period for non-payment under Tex. Prop. Code § 24.005(a), and court filing fees running $54 to $125. Uncontested evictions in Jack County typically resolve within 21 to 30 days. Source-of-income discrimination is not a protected class under Texas eviction laws state law, and the state actively preempts any local rent control ordinance under TX Local Gov Code §214.902, so no Jack County municipality can independently cap rents.

Jack County's 2.8/10 average reflects a rural north-central Texas eviction laws market where low absolute rents ($814/mo) and a landlord-favorable state legal framework keep risk scores in the Low tier - but a 21.7% poverty rate and 36.3% renter-share sustain enough underlying fragility to place the county at rank 7th of 254, in the higher-risk of the state.