Within parent city
72
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Arlington Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48439122802 · Tarrant, TX · pop 5,839
Census tract 48439122802 covers part of Arlington, TX, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,839. 41% 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 41%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,796
Renter share60.1%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate26.4%
Median income$54,455
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
National
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Arlington and the region
Centroid at 32.7133, -97.1035 · 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
26.4% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$1,271 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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)
- 1,550Total filings over 17 yrs
- 8.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.6%Peak (2001)
- 86Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 34% over the past 17 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 530Total filings 2020-21
- 6.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 10.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.67×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
Cost burden runs 69% here against 50.2% across Tarrant County. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 28.1% against 11.3% nationally.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 26%, 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.
The filing record is not thin: 1,550 evictions over 17 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,271, 14% below the Arlington average.
Filings peaked in 2001 at 8.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 8.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48439122802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439122802?
Census tract 48439122802 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 48439122802?
Median gross rent is $1,271/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48439122802?
26.4% of residents in tract 48439122802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,839.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48439122802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 46th, minority 82th, housing 66th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439122802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,550 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439122802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.49% of renter households, peaking at 8.6% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48439122802 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.67× 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 48439122802 compare to Arlington overall?
Tract 48439122802 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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