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Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Knob Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , San Antonio

Tract 48029130200 · Bexar, TX · pop 1,630 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

48029130200 is a census tract in the Knob Hill area of San Antonio, TX. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 1,630. 38% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 13% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units492
Renter share36.2%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate23.0%
Median income$43,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Knob Hill
Very High
Within parent city
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#96 of 321 tracts In San Antonio
Elevated
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 375 tracts In Bexar
Very High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#375 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Antonio and the region

Centroid at 29.4158, -98.4674 · click any tract to drill in

Why Knob Hill scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from San Antonio
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
23.0% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$1,118 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from San Antonio
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from San Antonio
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from San Antonio
3.0

How Knob Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Knob Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 1302003.8San Antonioparent city4.1Countyavg 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.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 254Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 10.10%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.8%Peak (2008)
  • 37Filings in 2008 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2008
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48029130200
Filings climbed 37% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Knob Hill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Knob Hill

63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Bexar County average of 48.2%. Adults with no health insurance runs 33.5% against 11.3% nationally. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10.

The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 1.1 points above the Bexar County average of 4.1. At $1,118 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of San Antonio commands.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 254 filings here across 9 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2008 at 13.8% of renter households.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 10.1% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 65th 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 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48029130200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48029130200?

Census tract 48029130200 in the Knob Hill neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 48029130200?

Median gross rent is $1,118/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48029130200?

23.0% of residents in tract 48029130200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,630.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48029130200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 85th, minority 96th, housing 67th.
Q5

Is tract 48029130200 considered part of Knob Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48029130200 fall within Knob Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48029130200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 254 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 48029130200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.10% of renter households, peaking at 13.8% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48029130200 compare to San Antonio overall?

Tract 48029130200 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of San Antonio at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from San Antonio eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 48029130200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 100% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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