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

Forest Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48439111102 · Tarrant, TX · pop 6,480 · 89% of tract blocks fall in Forest Hill

With a score of 4.8/10, tract 48439111102 in Forest Hill, TX reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,480. The severe-burden share is 50%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 10% Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units2,135
Renter share31.6%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate15.0%
Median income$73,565

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Forest Hill
Very Low
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#45 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 Forest Hill and the region

Centroid at 32.6546, -97.2633 · click any tract to drill in

Why Forest Hill scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Forest Hill
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
15.0% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,617 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Forest Hill
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Forest Hill
6.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Forest Hill
7.9

How Forest Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Forest Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 1111024.0Forest Hillparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 971Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 14.70%Avg annual filing rate
  • 19.3%Peak (2006)
  • 49Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48439111102
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 17 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 420Total filings 2020-21
  • 5.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 5.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.07×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Forest Hill

Against Tarrant County at 50.2%, 69% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8.9/10.

Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.4/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 23.8% against 11.3% nationally. Against the Tarrant County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. The filing record is not thin: 971 evictions over 17 years of observation.

Filings peaked in 2006 at 19.3% of renter households. At $1,617 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Forest Hill commands.

In a typical year about 14.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 8.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48439111102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439111102?

Census tract 48439111102 in Forest Hill 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 48439111102?

Median gross rent is $1,617/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48439111102?

15.0% of residents in tract 48439111102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,480.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48439111102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 90th, minority 92th, housing 46th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439111102?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 971 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439111102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.70% of renter households, peaking at 19.3% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48439111102 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.07× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Worth eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48439111102 compare to Forest Hill overall?

Tract 48439111102 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Forest Hill at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Forest Hill; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Forest Hill

Top eight tracts in Forest Hill ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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