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

Fort Worth Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48439106503 · Tarrant, TX · pop 4,705

48439106503 is a census tract in Fort Worth, TX. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,705. Severe burden reaches 46%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41% Stable renters 7% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,922
Renter share47.6%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate33.7%
Median income$54,167

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#32 of 203 tracts In Fort Worth
High
Within county
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#23 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 32.7525, -97.2083 · 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
33.7% poverty · this tract
8.4
Supply constraint
$1,205 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 1065033.4Fort Worthparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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)

  • 2,713Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 20.72%Avg annual filing rate
  • 45.9%Peak (2013)
  • 144Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48439106503
Filings climbed 103% over the past 17 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 990Total filings 2020-21
  • 12.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 15.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.85×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

86% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Tarrant County average of 50.2%. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

The poverty rate is 34%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Average gross rent is $1,205, 20% below the Fort Worth average. Adults with no health insurance runs 21.2% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 1.0 points above the Tarrant County average of 3.8.

Court records carry 2,713 eviction filings across 17 observed years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 45.9% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 20.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

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 48439106503

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439106503?

Census tract 48439106503 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 48439106503?

Median gross rent is $1,205/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 86% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48439106503?

33.7% of residents in tract 48439106503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,705.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48439106503?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 78th, minority 87th, housing 54th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439106503?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,713 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439106503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.72% of renter households, peaking at 45.9% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48439106503 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.85× 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 48439106503 compare to Fort Worth overall?

Tract 48439106503 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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