Fort Worth Eviction Risk: Moderate

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. 26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Disability prevalence runs 43.9% against 31.5% nationally. It sits 1.0 points above the Tarrant County average of 3.8.

Court records carry 624 eviction filings across 17 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,365, 10% below the Fort Worth average. The worst year on record was 2010, when 17.6% of renter households were served.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Fort Worth. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

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