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Neighborhood · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally

Lavaca Eviction Risk: Moderate , San Antonio

Tract 48029140100 · Bexar, TX · pop 1,352 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

How risky is Lavaca in San Antonio for landlords? Census tract 48029140100 scores 5.1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 41% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 49% of renter households, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,135 a month against an average household income of $68,705 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 30% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 15% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units461
Renter share30.4%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$68,705

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Lavaca
Very Low
Within parent city
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#200 of 321 tracts In San Antonio
Low
Within county
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#207 of 375 tracts In Bexar
Moderate
Within state
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#2,943 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Antonio and the region

Centroid at 29.4064, -98.4788 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lavaca scores 4.2

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
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,135 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Lavaca compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lavaca risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.24.2This tracttract 140100San Antonio: 2.82.8San Antonioparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 68Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 2.93%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.0%Peak (2000)
  • 5Filings in 2008 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2008
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 480291401002000: 10 filings (3.97/100 renter HHs)2001: 4 filings (1.59/100 renter HHs)2002: 10 filings (3.97/100 renter HHs)2003: 10 filings (3.97/100 renter HHs)2004: 10 filings (3.97/100 renter HHs)2005: 7 filings (2.60/100 renter HHs)2006: 5 filings (1.86/100 renter HHs)2007: 7 filings (2.60/100 renter HHs)2008: 5 filings (1.86/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

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Within Lavaca. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lavaca

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 73rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 68 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 2.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.0% of renter households in 2000.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48029140100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48029140100?

Census tract 48029140100 in the Lavaca neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 48029140100?

Median gross rent is $1,135/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48029140100?

11.2% of residents in tract 48029140100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,352.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48029140100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 36th, minority 87th, housing 55th.
Q5

Is tract 48029140100 considered part of Lavaca?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48029140100 fall within Lavaca (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48029140100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 68 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 48029140100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.93% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48029140100 compare to San Antonio overall?

Tract 48029140100 scores 4.2/10, 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 48029140100 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. 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.
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