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

South Texas Medical Center Eviction Risk: Moderate , San Antonio

Tract 48029181403 · Bexar, TX · pop 6,626 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 48029181403 covers part of the South Texas Medical Center area of San Antonio, TX, and scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,626 residents. This is renter territory: 95% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41% Stable renters 54% Owners 5%
Tract context
Occupied units3,239
Renter share95.3%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate23.1%
Median income$58,048

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 7 tracts In South Texas Medical Center
Moderate
Within parent city
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#86 of 321 tracts In San Antonio
Elevated
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#104 of 375 tracts In Bexar
Elevated
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 29.5258, -98.5797 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Texas Medical Center 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
23.1% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$1,252 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 South Texas Medical Center compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
South Texas Medical Center risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 1814033.8San Antonioparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 684Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 2.95%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.4%Peak (2005)
  • 42Filings in 2008 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2008
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48029181403
Filings climbed 31% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within South Texas Medical Center. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in South Texas Medical Center

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10.

The poverty rate is 23%, 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 1.1 points.

Adults with no health insurance runs 21.1% against 11.3% nationally. Against Bexar County at 48.2%, 43% of renters here are cost-burdened.

The filing record is not thin: 684 evictions over 9 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2005 at 4.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.9% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 48029181403

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48029181403?

Census tract 48029181403 in the South Texas Medical Center 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 48029181403?

Median gross rent is $1,252/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48029181403?

23.1% of residents in tract 48029181403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,626.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48029181403?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 48th, minority 84th, housing 86th.
Q5

Is tract 48029181403 considered part of South Texas Medical Center?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48029181403 fall within South Texas Medical Center (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48029181403?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 684 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 48029181403 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.95% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48029181403 compare to San Antonio overall?

Tract 48029181403 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in San Antonio

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

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