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

Fort Worth Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48439102302 · Tarrant, TX · pop 5,243 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Fort Worth

48439102302 is a census tract in Fort Worth, TX. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,243 residents. 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 27% Stable renters 20% Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,965
Renter share46.6%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate17.8%
Median income$51,225

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 203 tracts In Fort Worth
Very High
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#79 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 32.7051, -97.4466 · 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
17.8% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,380 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 1023023.4Fort Worthparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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)

  • 1,650Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 13.58%Avg annual filing rate
  • 19.2%Peak (2002)
  • 50Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48439102302
Filings dropped 58% over the past 17 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 355Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 5.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.89×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below 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

Adults with no health insurance runs 30.7% against 11.3% nationally. 24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. Annualized rent equals 32% of average household income of $51,225, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Cost burden runs 57% here against 50.2% across Tarrant County. Against the Tarrant County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points.

Court records carry 1,650 eviction filings across 17 observed years. The worst year on record was 2002, when 19.2% of renter households were served.

Average gross rent is $1,380, 9% below the Fort Worth average. In a typical year about 13.6% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.8/10. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. 47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 48439102302

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439102302?

Census tract 48439102302 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 48439102302?

Median gross rent is $1,380/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48439102302?

17.8% of residents in tract 48439102302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,243.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48439102302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 74th, minority 75th, housing 16th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439102302?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,650 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439102302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.58% of renter households, peaking at 19.2% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48439102302 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.89× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Worth eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48439102302 compare to Fort Worth overall?

Tract 48439102302 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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