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

Fort Worth Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48439106502 · Tarrant, TX · pop 2,517

Census tract 48439106502 covers part of Fort Worth, TX, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,517. The severe-burden share is 50%, 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 22% Stable renters 14% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,121
Renter share35.7%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate18.0%
Median income$54,718

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#16 of 203 tracts In Fort Worth
Very High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#14 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 32.7531, -97.2270 · 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
18.0% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,139 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 1065023.4Fort Worthparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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)

  • 413Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 7.00%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.0%Peak (2014)
  • 19Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48439106502
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 17 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 403Total filings 2020-21
  • 5.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 5.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.05×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

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. Against Tarrant County at 50.2%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. At $1,139 a month, rents run 25% under what the rest of Fort Worth commands.

Against the Tarrant County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Court records carry 413 eviction filings across 17 observed years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 13.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 7.0% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $54,718.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48439106502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439106502?

Census tract 48439106502 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 48439106502?

Median gross rent is $1,139/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48439106502?

18.0% of residents in tract 48439106502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,517.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48439106502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 78th, minority 76th, housing 48th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439106502?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 413 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439106502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.00% of renter households, peaking at 13.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48439106502 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.05× 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 48439106502 compare to Fort Worth overall?

Tract 48439106502 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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