Within parent city
79
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Arlington Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48439121904 · Tarrant, TX · pop 4,508 · 93% of tract blocks fall in Arlington
Census tract 48439121904 covers part of Arlington, TX, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,508. Adults with no health insurance runs 36.5% against 11.3% nationally.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units1,585
Renter share67.6%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate20.4%
Median income$47,762
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
National
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Arlington and the region
Centroid at 32.7213, -97.0585 · click any tract to drill in
Why Arlington scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Arlington
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
20.4% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$996 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Arlington
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Arlington
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Arlington
2.5
How Arlington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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)
- 779Total filings over 17 yrs
- 3.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2004)
- 47Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 74% over the past 17 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 187Total filings 2020-21
- 2.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.64×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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 Arlington
65% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Tarrant County average of 50.2%. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. At $996 a month, rents run 32% under what the rest of Arlington commands.
The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. This is renter territory: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Tarrant County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 779 filings here across 17 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2004 at 4.9% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48439121904
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439121904?
Census tract 48439121904 in Arlington scores 4.8/10 (Moderate 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 48439121904?
Median gross rent is $996/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48439121904?
20.4% of residents in tract 48439121904 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,508.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48439121904?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 70th, minority 87th, housing 59th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439121904?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 779 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439121904 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.73% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48439121904 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.64× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Worth eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48439121904 compare to Arlington overall?
Tract 48439121904 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Arlington at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Arlington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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