Within parent city
65
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Fort Worth Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48439100602 · Tarrant, TX · pop 4,342 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Fort Worth
48439100602 is a census tract in Fort Worth, TX. It scores 4.5/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,342 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,158
Renter share60.1%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$43,636
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
71
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Worth and the region
Centroid at 32.7758, -97.4353 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fort Worth scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fort Worth
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,066 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Worth
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Worth
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Worth
2.5
How Fort Worth compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 63%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 100%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)
- 340Total filings over 17 yrs
- 10.32%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.1%Peak (2010)
- 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 54% over the past 17 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 411Total filings 2020-21
- 5.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.78×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 Fort Worth
63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Tarrant County average of 50.2%. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
At $1,066 a month, rents run 29% under what the rest of Fort Worth commands. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 22.4% against 11.3% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 340 evictions over 17 years of observation. It sits 0.7 points above the Tarrant County average of 3.8. Filings peaked in 2010 at 17.1% of renter households.
In a typical year about 10.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #41,206 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48439100602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439100602?
Census tract 48439100602 in Fort Worth scores 4.5/10 (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 48439100602?
Median gross rent is $1,066/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48439100602?
10.7% of residents in tract 48439100602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,342.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48439100602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 63th, minority 69th, housing 100th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439100602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 340 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439100602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.32% of renter households, peaking at 17.1% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48439100602 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.78× 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.
Q7
How does tract 48439100602 compare to Fort Worth overall?
Tract 48439100602 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Fort Worth at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fort Worth eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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