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South Texas Medical Center Eviction Risk: Moderate , San Antonio

Tract 48029181503 · Bexar, TX · pop 8,950 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Census tract 48029181503 covers part of the South Texas Medical Center area of San Antonio, TX, and scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41% Stable renters 35% Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units3,957
Renter share76.6%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate17.0%
Median income$55,852

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 7 tracts In South Texas Medical Center
Very Low
Within parent city
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#133 of 321 tracts In San Antonio
Elevated
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#136 of 375 tracts In Bexar
Elevated
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#1,569 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Antonio and the region

Centroid at 29.5127, -98.6028 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Texas Medical Center scores 4.7

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
17.0% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,403 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 / state4.7This tracttract 1815033.8San Antonioparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

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)

  • 608Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 4.51%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.3%Peak (2007)
  • 80Filings in 2008 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2008
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48029181503
Filings climbed 158% 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

77% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. 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. Cost burden runs 54% here against 48.2% across Bexar County.

The filing record is not thin: 608 evictions over 9 years of observation. Adults with no health insurance runs 18.4% against 11.3% nationally.

It sits 0.6 points above the Bexar County average of 4.1. Filings peaked in 2007 at 6.3% of renter households.

In a typical year about 4.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,403, close to the San Antonio average.

Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $55,852.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48029181503

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48029181503?

Census tract 48029181503 in the South Texas Medical Center neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 48029181503?

Median gross rent is $1,403/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48029181503?

17.0% of residents in tract 48029181503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,950.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48029181503?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 71th, minority 82th, housing 76th.
Q5

Is tract 48029181503 considered part of South Texas Medical Center?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48029181503 fall within South Texas Medical Center (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48029181503?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 608 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 48029181503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.51% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48029181503 compare to San Antonio overall?

Tract 48029181503 scores 4.7/10, 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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