Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Hillcrest Eviction Risk: Moderate , San Antonio
Tract 48029180602 · Bexar, TX · pop 4,086 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 48029180602 sits in the Hillcrest area of San Antonio eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.3/10. Population here is 4,086. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,882
Renter share61.8%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$42,083
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
55
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across San Antonio and the region
Centroid at 29.4778, -98.5563 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hillcrest 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
10.5% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$977 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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 Hillcrest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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
- 0%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)
- 230Total filings over 9 yrs
- 4.63%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.2%Peak (2006)
- 28Filings in 2008 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 155% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Hillcrest. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hillcrest
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.5/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 26.2% against 11.3% nationally. Average gross rent is $977, 26% below the San Antonio average.
Against Bexar County at 48.2%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened. Court records carry 230 eviction filings across 9 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2006 at 7.2% of renter households. This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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 4.6% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.3/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 48029180602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48029180602?
Census tract 48029180602 in the Hillcrest 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 48029180602?
Median gross rent is $977/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48029180602?
10.5% of residents in tract 48029180602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,086.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48029180602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 86th, minority 83th, housing 85th.
Q5
Is tract 48029180602 considered part of Hillcrest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48029180602 fall within Hillcrest (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48029180602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 230 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 48029180602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.63% of renter households, peaking at 7.2% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 48029180602 compare to San Antonio overall?
Tract 48029180602 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 48029180602 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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