Within parent city
58
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Fort Worth Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 48439106002 · Tarrant, TX · pop 3,529
48439106002 is a census tract in Fort Worth, TX. It scores 4/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 31%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,186
Renter share35.8%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate10.9%
Median income$60,727
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Worth and the region
Centroid at 32.6480, -97.2979 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fort Worth scores 4
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
10.9% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,403 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%Housing & transportation
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)
- 718Total filings over 17 yrs
- 15.79%Avg annual filing rate
- 40.0%Peak (2008)
- 42Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 133% over the past 17 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 240Total filings 2020-21
- 3.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.74×Ratio to 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
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 30.3% against 11.3% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 44.6% against 31.5% nationally.
Against Tarrant County at 50.2%, 42% of renters here are cost-burdened. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 718 filings here across 17 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2008, when 40.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 15.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Tarrant County average of 3.8 closely. Average gross rent is $1,403, close to the Fort Worth average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48439106002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439106002?
Census tract 48439106002 in Fort Worth scores 4/10 (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 48439106002?
Median gross rent is $1,403/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48439106002?
10.9% of residents in tract 48439106002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,529.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48439106002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 87th, minority 90th, housing 86th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439106002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 718 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439106002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.79% of renter households, peaking at 40.0% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48439106002 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.74× 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 48439106002 compare to Fort Worth overall?
Tract 48439106002 scores 4/10, 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.
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