Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Watauga Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 48439113809 · Tarrant, TX · pop 4,716
Watauga in Tarrant County anchors census tract 48439113809, which lands at 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 55% of US census tracts.
About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,847 a month against an average household income of $86,216 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,644
Renter share16.2%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate13.3%
Median income$86,216
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Watauga and the region
Centroid at 32.8655, -97.2526 · click any tract to drill in
Why Watauga scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Watauga
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
13.3% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,847 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Watauga
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Watauga
4.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Watauga
6.1
How Watauga compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 16%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)
- 466Total filings over 17 yrs
- 8.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.0%Peak (2009)
- 10Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% over the past 17 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 92Total filings 2020-21
- 1.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.99×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 Watauga
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at $1/10. 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 Watauga, 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.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 34th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.99x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 48439113809
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48439113809?
Census tract 48439113809 in Watauga scores 2.8/10 (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 48439113809?
Median gross rent is $1,847/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48439113809?
13.3% of residents in tract 48439113809 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,716.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48439113809?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 27th, minority 54th, housing 16th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48439113809?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 466 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 48439113809 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.56% of renter households, peaking at 15.0% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 48439113809 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.99× 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 48439113809 compare to Watauga overall?
Tract 48439113809 scores 2.8/10, higher than the parent city of Watauga at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Watauga; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Watauga
Top eight tracts in Watauga ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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