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Neighborhood · Ranked #8,138 of 84,120 nationally

Knob Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , San Antonio

Tract 48029130402 · Bexar, TX · pop 3,837 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

The Knob Hill neighborhood of San Antonio anchors census tract 48029130402, which lands at 5.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 70th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 66% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 42% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $872 a month against an average household income of $25,300 a year, roughly 41% of income at the averages. About 65% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43% Stable renters 23% Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units1,234
Renter share65.5%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate53.4%
Median income$25,300

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
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 321 tracts In San Antonio
Very High
Within county
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 375 tracts In Bexar
Very High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#166 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Antonio and the region

Centroid at 29.4055, -98.4406 · click any tract to drill in

Why Knob Hill scores 6.4

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
53.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$872 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 6.46.4This tracttract 130402San Antonio: 2.82.8San Antonioparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 100

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)

  • 327Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 8.87%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.2%Peak (2008)
  • 51Filings in 2008 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2008
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 480291304022000: 18 filings (4.49/100 renter HHs)2001: 24 filings (5.99/100 renter HHs)2002: 38 filings (9.49/100 renter HHs)2003: 39 filings (9.74/100 renter HHs)2004: 36 filings (8.99/100 renter HHs)2005: 39 filings (9.32/100 renter HHs)2006: 40 filings (9.56/100 renter HHs)2007: 42 filings (10.04/100 renter HHs)2008: 51 filings (12.19/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 183% 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 score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. 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 above 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.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 100th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 327 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 8.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.2% of renter households in 2008.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48029130402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48029130402?

Census tract 48029130402 in the Knob Hill neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (Elevated 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 48029130402?

Median gross rent is $872/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48029130402?

53.4% of residents in tract 48029130402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,837.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48029130402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 99th, minority 92th, housing 94th.
Q5

Is tract 48029130402 considered part of Knob Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48029130402 fall within Knob Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48029130402?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 327 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 48029130402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.87% of renter households, peaking at 12.2% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48029130402 compare to San Antonio overall?

Tract 48029130402 scores 6.4/10, 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 48029130402 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. 15% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in San Antonio

Top eight tracts in San Antonio ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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