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

Arlington Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48439122401 · Tarrant, TX · pop 2,116

Census tract 48439122401 covers part of Arlington, TX, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,116. Severe burden reaches 38%. 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 41% Stable renters 37% Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units854
Renter share78.5%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate40.3%
Median income$36,151

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 86 tracts In Arlington
Very High
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#40 of 449 tracts In Tarrant
Very 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 32.7244, -97.1058 · 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
40.3% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,137 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 1224013.4Arlingtonparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 345Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.20×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran near 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

The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 40%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Set annual rent against average income of $36,151 and the ratio lands at 38%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

This is renter territory: 78% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 24.4% against 11.3% nationally.

Average gross rent is $1,137, 23% below the Arlington average. Against the Tarrant County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 9.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 52% of renters.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48439122401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439122401?

Census tract 48439122401 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 48439122401?

Median gross rent is $1,137/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48439122401?

40.3% of residents in tract 48439122401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,116.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48439122401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 46th, minority 81th, housing 92th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 48439122401 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.20× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Worth eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6

How does tract 48439122401 compare to Arlington overall?

Tract 48439122401 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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