Within neighborhood
13
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Columbia Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , San Antonio
Tract 48029150502 · Bexar, TX · pop 3,312 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 48029150502 sits in the Columbia Heights area of San Antonio eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.3/10. Cost burden runs 15% here against 48.2% across Bexar County.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,167
Renter share35.0%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$55,675
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across San Antonio and the region
Centroid at 29.3718, -98.5255 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbia Heights scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,141 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 Columbia Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 100%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 100Total filings over 9 yrs
- 3.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2002)
- 13Filings in 2008 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 86% 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
Adults with no health insurance runs 38.2% against 11.3% nationally. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. Court records carry 100 eviction filings across 9 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,141, 14% below the San Antonio average.
Filings peaked in 2002 at 5.9% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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. In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 47% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Bexar County average of 4.1 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48029150502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48029150502?
Census tract 48029150502 in the Columbia Heights neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 48029150502?
Median gross rent is $1,141/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48029150502?
13.8% of residents in tract 48029150502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,312.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48029150502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 95th, minority 98th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 48029150502 considered part of Columbia Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48029150502 fall within Columbia Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48029150502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 100 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 48029150502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.45% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 48029150502 compare to San Antonio overall?
Tract 48029150502 scores 4.3/10, 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 48029150502 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. 0% 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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