Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Bedford Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48439113618 · Tarrant, TX · pop 5,866
With a score of 3.8/10, tract 48439113618 in Bedford, TX reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,866. Against Tarrant County at 50.2%, 16% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,093
Renter share29.9%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate5.2%
Median income$76,055
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
38
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bedford and the region
Centroid at 32.8298, -97.1441 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bedford scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bedford
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
5.2% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,178 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bedford
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bedford
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bedford
5.2
How Bedford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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)
- 1,682Total filings over 17 yrs
- 12.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.9%Peak (2008)
- 124Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 164% over the past 17 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 689Total filings 2020-21
- 9.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 9.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.91×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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 Bedford
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.3/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10.
At $1,178 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Bedford commands. The filing record is not thin: 1,682 evictions over 17 years of observation. Severe burden reaches 8%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
The worst year on record was 2008, when 16.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 12.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 6.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
It tracks the Tarrant County average of 3.8 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48439113618
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439113618?
Census tract 48439113618 in Bedford scores 3.8/10 (Lower 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 48439113618?
Median gross rent is $1,178/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48439113618?
5.2% of residents in tract 48439113618 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,866.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48439113618?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 70th, minority 67th, housing 69th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439113618?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,682 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439113618 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.83% of renter households, peaking at 16.9% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48439113618 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.91× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Worth eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 48439113618 compare to Bedford overall?
Tract 48439113618 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Bedford at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bedford; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bedford
Top eight tracts in Bedford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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48439113628
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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48439113637
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48439113630
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48439113607
3.8
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48439113512
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48439113629
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48439113638
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48439113623
3
/ 10 · Low
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