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Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Columbia Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , San Antonio

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

48029150400 is a census tract in the Columbia Heights area of San Antonio, TX. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,212. Adults with no health insurance runs 34.8% against 11.3% nationally.

Risk score
5.2
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
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9 tracts In Columbia Heights
Very High
Within parent city
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#51 of 321 tracts In San Antonio
High
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#36 of 375 tracts In Bexar
Very High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#375 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very 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 5.2

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
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 / state5.2This tracttract 1504003.8San Antonioparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg 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 48029150400
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

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income of $39,938, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Bexar County average of 48.2%. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against the Bexar County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

Average gross rent is $1,121, 15% below the San Antonio average. The filing record is not thin: 122 evictions over 9 years of observation.

The worst year on record was 2007, when 5.3% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

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 5.2/10 (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 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 5.2/10, 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 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.
Sibling tracts

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

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