Neighborhood · Fort Worth, TX

Fairmount Eviction Risk: Moderate

8 census tracts · pop 29,336 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4/10 · range 3–4.8

Fairmount is a 8-tract neighborhood of Fort Worth, TX and houses 29,336 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 4/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a Fort Worth baseline of 33.2%, 47% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. Severe burden reaches 28%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. The 8 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3 to 4.8, a 1.8-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.

Running cool is tenant-organizing strength, at 2.5/10. Court records carry 4,313 eviction filings across its 5 observed tracts.

Well under the midpoint is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10. The poverty rate is 17%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Filing activity peaked in 2017 at 19.0% of renter households.

That places it #3 of 5 neighborhoods in Fort Worth. Judgments average 6.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.

Average gross rent runs $1,471, close to the Fort Worth average.

Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.8 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score

Moderate

8 tracts · population-weighted

Fairmount vs Fort Worth How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

47.3% +42%

Fort Worth: 33.2%

Average gross rent

$1,471 -3%

Fort Worth: $1,509

Average HH income

$81,958 +7%

Fort Worth: $76,602

Poverty rate

16.8% +31%

Fort Worth: 12.9%

Renter share

46.4% +8%

Fort Worth: 43.0%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Fairmount and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 8 tracts span score 3–4.8

Why Fairmount scores 4

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts

1.5

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts

5.0

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 4.5–4.5 across tracts

4.5

Rent control risk

47% of income on rent · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts

3.0

Tenant organizing strength

46% renter households · Range 2.5–2.5 across tracts

2.5

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 2.5–2.5 across tracts

2.5

Economic stress

16.8% below poverty line · Range 1.8–8.9 across tracts

4.2

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.8–7.7 across tracts

3.6

Risk score comparison

Fairmount vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Fairmount?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

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Spread of 1.8 points from 3 to 4.8. Moderate variation across constituent tracts.

Tracts as heat grid

4.8 4.8 4.8 4.2 3.9 3.1 3.0 3.0

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

8 tracts in Fairmount

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
48439123600	4.8	3,820	48%	$1,583
48439123500	4.8	3,159	42%	$1,166
48439104502	4.8	2,848	47%	$1,385
48439104400	4.2	6,025	34%	$1,320
48439123700	3.9	3,975	53%	$1,708
48439104302	3.1	3,617	47%	$1,487
48439104100	3	3,395	48%	$1,165
48439104204	3	2,497	76%	$2,162

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 63

Pop-weighted across 8 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 66%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 39%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 63%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 66%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Fairmount

Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

4,313Total filings (sum)
9.45%Avg annual filing rate
19.0%Peak year (2017)
5.99%Latest filed (2017)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

1,831Total filings 2020-21
3.1Avg monthly observed
2.4Pre-pandemic baseline
1.45×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Worth, TX).

Frequently asked

About Fairmount

What is the eviction-risk score for Fairmount?

Fairmount scores 4/10 (Moderate tier) across 8 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.

How does Fairmount compare to Fort Worth overall?

Fairmount scores 0.6 points higher than Fort Worth overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,471 vs $1,509.

What is the average rent in Fairmount?

Average gross rent in Fairmount is $1,471/month (pop-weighted across 8 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Fairmount residents are renters?

46% of Fairmount households are renter-occupied (vs 43% in Fort Worth). The neighborhood has 29,336 residents.

Is Fairmount a high social-vulnerability area?

Fairmount sits in the 63rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Fairmount have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Fairmount is census tract 48439123600 (score 4.8/10). Across the 8 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 4.8, a spread of 1.8 points.

How safe is Fairmount for landlords?

Fairmount carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4/10). Pop-weighted across 8 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Fort Worth as a whole (3.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.

What is the demographic breakdown of Fairmount?

Fairmount has 29,406 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (49%), Hispanic / Latino (38.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (6.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Fairmount

3.9 Downtown Fort Worth 4 tracts · pop 12,665 3.8 Como 6 tracts · pop 22,816 4.7 Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District 6 tracts · pop 23,210 4.1 Wedgwood 7 tracts · pop 35,242 3.5 Lindberg 5 tracts · pop 18,910 3.8 Arlington Lakeside 7 tracts · pop 31,990

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Fort Worth

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Fairmount.

4 Wedgwood 7 tracts · pop 35,242 3.8 Como 6 tracts · pop 22,816 3.7 Downtown Fort Worth 4 tracts · pop 12,665 4.7 Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District 6 tracts · pop 23,210

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