Tyler County, Texas Eviction Risk: Low

Tyler County is a rural East Texas county of roughly 6,080 renters and owner-occupants tucked into the Piney Woods region near the Louisiana border. The county posts an overall eviction risk score of 2.6/10 (Low), placing it 57th out of 254 Texas eviction laws counties - putting it in the higher-risk of the state on landlord-risk exposure. Across the county's five tracked communities, individual scores range from 2.2 to 2.8/10, a tight spread that reflects the uniform regulatory environment Texas law imposes on every jurisdiction within the state.

Among the county's communities, Woodville - the county seat and by far the largest concentration of renters at 2,755 residents - carries the highest local score at 2.8/10. Woodville accounts for the bulk of any eviction activity in the county simply by size: it holds more than 45% of the total tracked population. Ivanhoe and Warren each score 2.5/10 and 2.5/10 respectively, clustering near the county average, while Colmesneil and Chester both come in at 2.2/10 and 2.2/10, representing the lowest-risk end of the county's range. The compressed 2.2-2.8 spread signals that Tyler eviction risk County operates as a single legal market with little variation in local enforcement posture - there are no municipal rent ordinances, no just-cause eviction requirements, and no local tenant-protection overlays of any kind.

The economic backdrop matters when reading these scores. Average rent in Tyler County sits at $1,089 per month, and the average rent burden - the share of income households spend on rent - is 30.8%, a level the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development classifies as cost-burdened. Nearly 19.5% of residents live below the poverty line, a rate well above the national average, which elevates underlying financial fragility for renters even when the legal framework itself is landlord-favorable. Renters make up about 30.5% of occupied housing units. Under Tex. Prop. Code § 24.005, every non-payment notice in Texas requires only 3 days regardless of the tenant's history - the same 3-day floor applies whether the tenant is late for the first time or the tenth. Once a case is filed, court fees run $54 to $125, sheriff lockout fees add $50 to $175, and an uncontested eviction typically resolves in 21 to 30 days. Contested matters extend to 45-90 days. Texas does not require just cause for eviction (no statute exists), does not protect source of income, and since TX Local Gov Code § 214.902 preempts local rent control, Tyler County - like every other Texas county - operates entirely under the state framework with no local carve-outs.

Tyler eviction risk County's 2.6/10 score reflects Texas eviction laws's strong landlord-statutory framework applied to a small, rural population with elevated rent burden. The tight 2.2-2.8 spread across its five communities confirms little variation in local enforcement or legal exposure - what shapes outcomes here is the state statute, not local policy.