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Neighborhood · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally

Columbia Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , San Antonio

Tract 48029150400 · Bexar, TX · pop 4,212 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

The Columbia Heights area of San Antonio is where census tract 48029150400 sits, home to 4,212 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.1/10. That is riskier than roughly 41% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,121 a month against an average household income of $39,938 a year, roughly 34% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 22% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,519
Renter share35.7%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate23.0%
Median income$39,938

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 9 tracts In Columbia Heights
High
Within parent city
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#75 of 321 tracts In San Antonio
High
Within county
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#75 of 375 tracts In Bexar
High
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#1,099 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Antonio and the region

Centroid at 29.3880, -98.5174 · click any tract to drill in

Why Columbia Heights scores 5.6

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
$1,121 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Columbia Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Columbia Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.65.6This tracttract 150400San Antonio: 2.82.8San Antonioparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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)

  • 122Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 3.15%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.3%Peak (2007)
  • 12Filings in 2008 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2008
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 480291504002000: 4 filings (0.89/100 renter HHs)2001: 17 filings (3.79/100 renter HHs)2002: 11 filings (2.45/100 renter HHs)2003: 11 filings (2.45/100 renter HHs)2004: 17 filings (3.79/100 renter HHs)2005: 12 filings (2.90/100 renter HHs)2006: 16 filings (3.86/100 renter HHs)2007: 22 filings (5.31/100 renter HHs)2008: 12 filings (2.90/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 200% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Columbia Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Columbia Heights

The score leans hardest on 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 in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 77% 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 83rd 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 48029150400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48029150400?

Census tract 48029150400 in the Columbia Heights neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 48029150400?

Median gross rent is $1,121/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48029150400?

23.0% of residents in tract 48029150400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,212.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48029150400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 93th, minority 95th, housing 54th.
Q5

Is tract 48029150400 considered part of Columbia Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48029150400 fall within Columbia Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48029150400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 122 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 48029150400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.15% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48029150400 compare to San Antonio overall?

Tract 48029150400 scores 5.6/10, 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 48029150400 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. 77% 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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