Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Knob Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , San Antonio
Tract 48029130401 · Bexar, TX · pop 3,650 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
48029130401 is a census tract in the Knob Hill area of San Antonio, TX. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,650 residents. Adults with no health insurance runs 37.9% against 11.3% nationally.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,252
Renter share56.4%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate29.2%
Median income$50,333
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across San Antonio and the region
Centroid at 29.4080, -98.4544 · click any tract to drill in
Why Knob Hill scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
29.2% poverty · this tract
7.3
Supply constraint
$1,091 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 1%Grade B
- 76%Grade C
- 23%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 286Total filings over 9 yrs
- 6.41%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.3%Peak (2008)
- 42Filings in 2008 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 35% 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
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Disability prevalence runs 45.8% against 31.5% nationally. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10.
Against the Bexar County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. At $1,091 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of San Antonio commands. The filing record is not thin: 286 evictions over 9 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2008 at 8.3% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for San Antonio. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 6.4% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48029130401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48029130401?
Census tract 48029130401 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 48029130401?
Median gross rent is $1,091/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48029130401?
29.2% of residents in tract 48029130401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,650.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48029130401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 96th, minority 94th, housing 75th.
Q5
Is tract 48029130401 considered part of Knob Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48029130401 fall within Knob Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48029130401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 286 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 48029130401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.41% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 48029130401 compare to San Antonio overall?
Tract 48029130401 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 48029130401 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 23% 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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