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

Arlington Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48439122002 · Tarrant, TX · pop 4,952

Tract 48439122002 sits in Arlington eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. Severe burden reaches 34%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 27% Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,585
Renter share56.4%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate16.4%
Median income$45,580

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#23 of 86 tracts In Arlington
Elevated
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#62 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 32.7316, -97.0715 · 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
16.4% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,325 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 1220023.4Arlingtonparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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)

  • 1,560Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 14.91%Avg annual filing rate
  • 31.8%Peak (2005)
  • 77Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48439122002
Filings dropped 21% over the past 17 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 895Total filings 2020-21
  • 11.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 7.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.55×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran above 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

Adults with no health insurance runs 35.3% against 11.3% nationally. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income of $45,580, 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. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.0 points above the Tarrant County average of 3.8.

The filing record is not thin: 1,560 evictions over 17 years of observation. At $1,325 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Arlington commands. Filings peaked in 2005 at 31.8% of renter households.

In a typical year about 14.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48439122002

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439122002?

Census tract 48439122002 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 48439122002?

Median gross rent is $1,325/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48439122002?

16.4% of residents in tract 48439122002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,952.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48439122002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 74th, minority 91th, housing 59th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439122002?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,560 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439122002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.91% of renter households, peaking at 31.8% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48439122002 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.55× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Worth eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48439122002 compare to Arlington overall?

Tract 48439122002 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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