Within parent city
97
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Arlington Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48439122401 · Tarrant, TX · pop 2,116
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 48439122401 (Arlington, Texas) comes in at 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 63% of US census tracts.
About 52% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,137 monthly, set against $36,151 in average yearly household income, roughly 38% of income at the averages. Renters make up 78% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.7
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 county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Arlington and the region
Centroid at 32.7244, -97.1058 · click any tract to drill in
Why Arlington scores 5.7
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
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 345Total filings 2020-21
- 4.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.20×Ratio to 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 score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Arlington eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Tarrant County average of 5.1 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.20x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 95th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48439122401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439122401?
Census tract 48439122401 in Arlington scores 5.7/10 (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 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Arlington at 2.6/10. 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.
Tract · TX
48439122300
6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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48439121905
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · TX
48439122801
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · TX
48439122701
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · TX
48439121704
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · TX
48439122200
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · TX
Arlington Lakeside
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · TX
48439121906
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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