Within parent city
98
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Fort Worth Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48439104602 · Tarrant, TX · pop 4,845
Census tract 48439104602 covers part of Fort Worth, TX, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 34%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,233
Renter share40.7%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate23.3%
Median income$44,057
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
National
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Worth and the region
Centroid at 32.6992, -97.2726 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fort Worth scores 4.8
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
23.3% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$1,345 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 26%Grade B
- 34%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 1,046Total filings over 17 yrs
- 12.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 28.1%Peak (2001)
- 32Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 75% over the past 17 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 242Total filings 2020-21
- 3.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.42×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
Adults with no health insurance runs 47.0% against 11.3% nationally. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. 63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Tarrant County average of 50.2%.
Set annual rent against average income of $44,057 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Disability prevalence runs 49.6% against 31.5% nationally.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. It sits 1.0 points above the Tarrant County average of 3.8.
The filing record is not thin: 1,046 evictions over 17 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,345, 11% below the Fort Worth average.
Filings peaked in 2001 at 28.1% of renter households.
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 48439104602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439104602?
Census tract 48439104602 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 48439104602?
Median gross rent is $1,345/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48439104602?
23.3% of residents in tract 48439104602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,845.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48439104602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 89th, minority 95th, housing 20th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439104602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,046 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439104602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.64% of renter households, peaking at 28.1% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48439104602 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.42× 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 48439104602 compare to Fort Worth overall?
Tract 48439104602 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.
Q8
Was tract 48439104602 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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