Wichita County, Texas Eviction Risk: Very Low

Wichita County, Texas eviction laws carries a county-average eviction risk score of 2.3/10, placing it in the Low tier across its 6 incorporated places and an estimated total population of 123,235. At rank 150 of 254 Texas eviction laws counties, 149 counties in the state are riskier than Wichita County and 104 are more landlord-friendly, which puts this market squarely in the middle third of Texas eviction laws. For an investor, that translates to a county where conditions lean workable but are not uniformly relaxed.

The average rent across Wichita County is $1,009 per month, and the average rent-burden rate sits at 28.2% of renter income, a figure that stays just under the commonly cited stress threshold. Renters make up roughly 40.5% of households. Taken together, these numbers point to a market where most tenants are paying, but a meaningful share of the renter population is stretched, and landlords operating here should keep reserves and lease-screening standards tight.

The cities inside Wichita County

Risk is sharply hyper-local within Wichita County. Electra is the county's highest-risk city at 3/10, despite a population of only 2,351. Cashion Community follows at 2.7/10, and Pleasant Valley reaches 2/10. These smaller, outlying communities combine relatively high risk scores with thin local economies, which typically means slower collections and higher effective turnover costs for landlords holding units there.

The dominant market, Wichita Falls, scores 2.3/10 with a population of 102,581, accounting for the bulk of the county's rental inventory. Burkburnett comes in at 1.6/10 with 11,059 residents, and Iowa Park is the county's lowest-risk city at 1.4/10 with 6,578 residents. Investors considering the county's suburban corridor from Wichita Falls through Burkburnett to Iowa Park will find the most stable operating conditions the county has to offer.

State-level laws that apply here

Texas state law, under Tex. Prop. Code § 91 and § 92, sets notice requirements that are consistently short. Non-payment of rent, lease violations, holdover situations, and end-of-lease terminations each require only a 3-day notice. Unauthorized occupants can be removed with no notice period at all under Tex. Prop. Code § 24.011. Texas eviction laws does not require just cause to terminate a tenancy and, under TX Local Gov Code § 214.902, the state explicitly preempts any local rent-control ordinance, so Wichita County landlords face no patchwork of city-level rent caps. For a full breakdown of notices and procedures, see the Texas eviction laws eviction process guide.

Court filing fees run from $54 to $125, sheriff lockout fees from $50 to $175, and attorney fees from $500 to $3,500 depending on case complexity. An uncontested case typically resolves in 21 to 30 days; a contested one extends to 45 to 90 days. Landlords budgeting for worst-case scenarios should review Texas eviction costs alongside their local reserves. Source-of-income is not a protected class under Texas eviction laws state law, giving landlords full discretion on tenant-screening criteria in that area.

With a poverty rate averaging 16.6% across the county, risk is not evenly distributed, and the city-by-city breakdown in the grid above is the most reliable guide to where operating conditions are tightest versus most predictable.