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

Arlington Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48439122902 · Tarrant, TX · pop 2,883

Tract 48439122902 sits in Arlington eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. Severe burden reaches 35%. 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 44% Stable renters 30% Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units836
Renter share73.6%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate19.3%
Median income$41,579

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 86 tracts In Arlington
High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#33 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 32.7100, -97.0890 · 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
19.3% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,488 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 1229023.4Arlingtonparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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)

  • 352Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.69×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

Adults with no health insurance runs 36.8% against 11.3% nationally. Annualized rent equals 43% of average household income of $41,579, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10.

This is renter territory: 74% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. 59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Tarrant County average of 50.2%.

Disability prevalence runs 44.0% against 31.5% nationally. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

It sits 1.0 points above the Tarrant County average of 3.8. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 8/10 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. Average gross rent is $1,488, close to the Arlington average.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48439122902

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439122902?

Census tract 48439122902 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 48439122902?

Median gross rent is $1,488/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48439122902?

19.3% of residents in tract 48439122902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,883.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48439122902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 84th, minority 89th, housing 25th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 48439122902 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.69× 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.
Q6

How does tract 48439122902 compare to Arlington overall?

Tract 48439122902 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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