Within parent city
91
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Bedford Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48439113637 · Tarrant, TX · pop 4,551
Tract 48439113637 sits in Bedford, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. It is home to 4,551 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units2,435
Renter share77.5%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate14.0%
Median income$57,274
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bedford and the region
Centroid at 32.8484, -97.1234 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bedford scores 5.2
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
14.0% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,371 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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)
- 558Total filings 2020-21
- 7.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.35×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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
77% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10.
The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Tarrant County average of 3.8.
Against Tarrant County at 50.2%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened. Average gross rent is $1,371, 9% below the Bedford average. That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.2/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.
Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $57,274.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 48439113637
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439113637?
Census tract 48439113637 in Bedford scores 5.2/10 (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 48439113637?
Median gross rent is $1,371/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48439113637?
14.0% of residents in tract 48439113637 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,551.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48439113637?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 54th, minority 54th, housing 43th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 48439113637 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.35× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Worth eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q6
How does tract 48439113637 compare to Bedford overall?
Tract 48439113637 scores 5.2/10, higher 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.
Tract · TX
48439113628
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · TX
48439113630
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · TX
48439113607
3.8
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48439113618
3.8
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48439113629
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48439113638
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48439113512
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · TX
48439113623
3
/ 10 · Low
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