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Neighborhood · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally

Knob Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , San Antonio

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

Tract 48029130200 covers the Knob Hill neighborhood of San Antonio in Texas. Home to 1,630 residents, it scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #37,305 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

63% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,118 monthly, set against $43,750 in average yearly household income, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.3
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
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Knob Hill
Very Low
Within parent city
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#98 of 321 tracts In San Antonio
Elevated
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#104 of 375 tracts In Bexar
Elevated
Within state
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#1,438 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
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 5.3

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 / stateThis tract: 5.35.3This tracttract 130200San Antonio: 2.82.8San Antonioparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg 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 480291302002000: 27 filings (9.31/100 renter HHs)2001: 29 filings (10.00/100 renter HHs)2002: 26 filings (8.97/100 renter HHs)2003: 24 filings (8.28/100 renter HHs)2004: 26 filings (8.97/100 renter HHs)2005: 29 filings (10.78/100 renter HHs)2006: 23 filings (8.55/100 renter HHs)2007: 33 filings (12.27/100 renter HHs)2008: 37 filings (13.75/100 renter HHs)
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

What moves this score most is economic stress at 5.8/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from San Antonio eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Bexar County average of 5.2 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 254 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 10.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 13.8% of renter households in 2008.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 100% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

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 5.3/10 (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 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of San Antonio at 2.8/10. 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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