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

Fort Worth Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48439102301 · Tarrant, TX · pop 3,250

48439102301 is a census tract in Fort Worth, TX. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 34% Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units1,359
Renter share70.9%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate14.8%
Median income$39,877

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 203 tracts In Fort Worth
Very High
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#78 of 449 tracts In Tarrant
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 Fort Worth and the region

Centroid at 32.7279, -97.4408 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fort Worth scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
14.8% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,131 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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.
Fort Worth risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 1023013.4Fort Worthparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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)

  • 1,716Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 12.74%Avg annual filing rate
  • 27.0%Peak (2013)
  • 124Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48439102301
Filings climbed 202% over the past 17 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 602Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 14.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.56×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. Set annual rent against average income of $39,877 and the ratio lands at 34%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

This is renter territory: 71% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Average gross rent is $1,131, 25% below the Fort Worth average. Adults with no health insurance runs 25.2% against 11.3% nationally.

Against the Tarrant County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Court records carry 1,716 eviction filings across 17 observed years.

Filings peaked in 2013 at 27.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 12.7% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.5/10.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 48439102301

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439102301?

Census tract 48439102301 in Fort Worth 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 48439102301?

Median gross rent is $1,131/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48439102301?

14.8% of residents in tract 48439102301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,250.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48439102301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 72th, minority 72th, housing 71th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439102301?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,716 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439102301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.74% of renter households, peaking at 27.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48439102301 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.56× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Worth eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48439102301 compare to Fort Worth overall?

Tract 48439102301 scores 4.8/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Fort Worth

Top eight tracts in Fort Worth ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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