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Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally

Grand Prairie Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48113016302 · Dallas, TX · pop 1,945

Census tract 48113016302 covers part of Grand Prairie, TX, and scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 51%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 15% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units541
Renter share48.6%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate23.8%
Median income$46,503

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 49 tracts In Grand Prairie
Very High
Within county
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#155 of 645 tracts In Dallas
High
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#1,569 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
National
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#37,882 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Grand Prairie and the region

Centroid at 32.7155, -96.9900 · click any tract to drill in

Why Grand Prairie scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Grand Prairie
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
23.8% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,206 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Grand Prairie
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Grand Prairie
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Grand Prairie
2.5

How Grand Prairie compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Grand Prairie risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.7This tracttract 0163023.3Grand Prairieparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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)

  • 352Total filings over 18 yrs
  • 11.06%Avg annual filing rate
  • 30.0%Peak (2006)
  • 16Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48113016302
Filings climbed 78% over the past 18 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 95Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 2.16×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Dallas, 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 Grand Prairie

Against Dallas County at 47.9%, 69% of renters here are cost-burdened. Adults with no health insurance runs 40.0% against 11.3% nationally. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.4/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

At $1,206 a month, rents run 26% under what the rest of Grand Prairie commands. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Against the Dallas County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 352 filings here across 18 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2006, when 30.0% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 11.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.2/10.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $46,503.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48113016302

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48113016302?

Census tract 48113016302 in Grand Prairie scores 4.7/10 (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 48113016302?

Median gross rent is $1,206/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48113016302?

23.8% of residents in tract 48113016302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,945.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48113016302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 95th, minority 90th, housing 30th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48113016302?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 352 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 48113016302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.06% of renter households, peaking at 30.0% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48113016302 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 2.16× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Dallas eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48113016302 compare to Grand Prairie overall?

Tract 48113016302 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Grand Prairie at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Grand Prairie eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Grand Prairie

Top eight tracts in Grand Prairie ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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