Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Kennedale Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48439111405 · Tarrant, TX · pop 2,411 · 79% of tract blocks fall in Kennedale
Tract 48439111405, home to 2,411 residents in Kennedale in Tarrant County, scores 5.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 52% of US census tracts.
About 78% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 51% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,060 a month against an average household income of $78,986 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 37% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units975
Renter share37.2%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$78,986
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kennedale and the region
Centroid at 32.6337, -97.2305 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kennedale scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kennedale
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,060 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kennedale
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kennedale
5.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kennedale
4.7
How Kennedale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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)
- 430Total filings over 17 yrs
- 8.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.7%Peak (2009)
- 22Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 16% over the past 17 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 163Total filings 2020-21
- 2.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.01×Ratio to 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 Kennedale
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Kennedale, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Tarrant County average of 5.1 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.01x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 430 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 8.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 16.7% of renter households in 2009.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48439111405
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439111405?
Census tract 48439111405 in Kennedale scores 2.5/10 (Lower 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 48439111405?
Median gross rent is $1,060/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 78% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48439111405?
7.3% of residents in tract 48439111405 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,411.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48439111405?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 89th, minority 66th, housing 89th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439111405?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 430 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439111405 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.56% of renter households, peaking at 16.7% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48439111405 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.01× 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 48439111405 compare to Kennedale overall?
Tract 48439111405 scores 2.5/10, higher than the parent city of Kennedale at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kennedale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kennedale
Top eight tracts in Kennedale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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