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

Fort Worth Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48439105204 · Tarrant, TX · pop 3,882

Census tract 48439105204 covers part of Fort Worth, TX, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. 97% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 59% Stable renters 38% Owners 3%
Tract context
Occupied units1,769
Renter share96.9%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate36.3%
Median income$40,259

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#58 of 203 tracts In Fort Worth
Elevated
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#29 of 449 tracts In Tarrant
Very 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 32.7314, -97.4776 · 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
36.3% poverty · this tract
9.1
Supply constraint
$1,065 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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 1052043.4Fort Worthparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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)

  • 2,531Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 11.39%Avg annual filing rate
  • 27.7%Peak (2014)
  • 193Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48439105204
Filings climbed 112% over the past 17 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 1,479Total filings 2020-21
  • 19.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 18.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.06×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran near 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

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.1/10. The poverty rate is 36%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.2/10. Against Tarrant County at 50.2%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Average gross rent is $1,065, 29% below the Fort Worth average. 21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Adults with no health insurance runs 23.2% against 11.3% nationally.

Against the Tarrant County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2,531 filings here across 17 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2014, when 27.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 11.4% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48439105204

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439105204?

Census tract 48439105204 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 48439105204?

Median gross rent is $1,065/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48439105204?

36.3% of residents in tract 48439105204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,882.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48439105204?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 63th, minority 84th, housing 83th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439105204?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,531 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439105204 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.39% of renter households, peaking at 27.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48439105204 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.06× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Fort Worth eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48439105204 compare to Fort Worth overall?

Tract 48439105204 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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