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Neighborhood · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally

Knob Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , San Antonio

Tract 48029130500 · Bexar, TX · pop 3,717 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 48029130500 belongs to the Knob Hill area of San Antonio, Texas. It is home to 3,717 residents and scores 5.8/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 73% of renter households, a severe level, and 55% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $950 a month against an average household income of $28,100 a year, roughly 41% of income at the averages. Renters make up 57% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42% Stable renters 15% Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,337
Renter share57.3%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate35.6%
Median income$28,100

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Knob Hill
Elevated
Within parent city
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 321 tracts In San Antonio
Very High
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#16 of 375 tracts In Bexar
Very High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#266 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Antonio and the region

Centroid at 29.4192, -98.4522 · click any tract to drill in

Why Knob Hill scores 6.3

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
35.6% poverty · this tract
8.9
Supply constraint
$950 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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.
Knob Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.36.3This tracttract 130500San Antonio: 2.82.8San Antonioparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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)

  • 486Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 9.05%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.5%Peak (2008)
  • 98Filings in 2008 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2008
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 480291305002000: 43 filings (8.25/100 renter HHs)2001: 47 filings (9.02/100 renter HHs)2002: 53 filings (10.17/100 renter HHs)2003: 38 filings (7.29/100 renter HHs)2004: 37 filings (7.10/100 renter HHs)2005: 48 filings (7.09/100 renter HHs)2006: 57 filings (8.42/100 renter HHs)2007: 65 filings (9.60/100 renter HHs)2008: 98 filings (14.48/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 128% 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 heaviest input here is economic stress at 8.9/10. 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 99% 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.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 98th 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48029130500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48029130500?

Census tract 48029130500 in the Knob Hill neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (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 48029130500?

Median gross rent is $950/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48029130500?

35.6% of residents in tract 48029130500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,717.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48029130500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 92th, minority 97th, housing 86th.
Q5

Is tract 48029130500 considered part of Knob Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48029130500 fall within Knob Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48029130500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 486 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 48029130500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.05% of renter households, peaking at 14.5% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48029130500 compare to San Antonio overall?

Tract 48029130500 scores 6.3/10, 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 48029130500 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. 99% 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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