Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Columbia Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , San Antonio
Tract 48029160300 · Bexar, TX · pop 5,795 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
Tract 48029160300 sits in the Columbia Heights area of San Antonio eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5/10. Population here is 5,795. Against Bexar County at 48.2%, roughly one in four of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units2,096
Renter share35.5%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate21.7%
Median income$61,613
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across San Antonio and the region
Centroid at 29.3912, -98.5264 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbia Heights scores 5
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
21.7% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$1,181 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 96%Grade B
- 3%Grade C
- 1%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)
- 173Total filings over 9 yrs
- 4.32%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2004)
- 19Filings in 2008 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 27% 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 33.6% against 11.3% nationally. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10.
The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Bexar County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. Court records carry 173 eviction filings across 9 observed years.
Average gross rent is $1,181, 11% below the San Antonio average. Filings peaked in 2004 at 5.9% of renter households.
This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 48029160300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48029160300?
Census tract 48029160300 in the Columbia Heights neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 48029160300?
Median gross rent is $1,181/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48029160300?
21.7% of residents in tract 48029160300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,795.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48029160300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 98th, minority 95th, housing 34th.
Q5
Is tract 48029160300 considered part of Columbia Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48029160300 fall within Columbia Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48029160300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 173 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 48029160300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.32% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 48029160300 compare to San Antonio overall?
Tract 48029160300 scores 5/10, 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 48029160300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 1% 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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