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Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Arlington Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48439121905 · Tarrant, TX · pop 5,839

With a score of 4.8/10, tract 48439121905 in Arlington, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,839 residents. 43% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 56% Stable renters 40% Owners 4%
Tract context
Occupied units2,396
Renter share96.0%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate37.3%
Median income$36,840

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 86 tracts In Arlington
Very High
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#55 of 449 tracts In Tarrant
High
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#1,261 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
National
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#35,669 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Arlington and the region

Centroid at 32.7096, -97.0721 · click any tract to drill in

Why Arlington scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
37.3% poverty · this tract
9.3
Supply constraint
$1,147 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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.
Arlington risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 1219053.4Arlingtonparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 3,876Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 11.48%Avg annual filing rate
  • 16.1%Peak (2017)
  • 328Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48439121905
Filings climbed 117% over the past 17 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 2,181Total filings 2020-21
  • 28.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 29.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.97×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Arlington

This is renter territory: 96% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The dominant input is economic stress at 9.3/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 31.5% against 11.3% nationally.

The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income of $36,840, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. 59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Tarrant County average of 50.2%.

Disability prevalence runs 44.5% against 31.5% nationally. At $1,147 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Arlington commands. It sits 1.0 points above the Tarrant County average of 3.8.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 3,876 filings here across 17 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2017, when 16.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 11.5% of renter households face a filing.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 48439121905

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439121905?

Census tract 48439121905 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 48439121905?

Median gross rent is $1,147/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48439121905?

37.3% of residents in tract 48439121905 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,839.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48439121905?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 80th, minority 91th, housing 68th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439121905?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3,876 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439121905 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.48% of renter households, peaking at 16.1% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48439121905 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.97× 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 48439121905 compare to Arlington overall?

Tract 48439121905 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Arlington

Top eight tracts in Arlington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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