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Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally

Alta Vista Eviction Risk: Moderate , San Antonio

Tract 48029190503 · Bexar, TX · pop 2,739 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Alta Vista in San Antonio anchors census tract 48029190503, which lands at 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 41% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 51% of renter households, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,071 a month against an average household income of $56,000 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 49% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 24% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,348
Renter share49.5%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate13.1%
Median income$56,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Alta Vista
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#162 of 321 tracts In San Antonio
Moderate
Within county
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#169 of 375 tracts In Bexar
Elevated
Within state
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#2,476 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Antonio and the region

Centroid at 29.4597, -98.5036 · click any tract to drill in

Why Alta Vista scores 4.5

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
13.1% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,071 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Alta Vista compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Alta Vista risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.54.5This tracttract 190503San Antonio: 2.82.8San Antonioparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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

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.

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)

  • 237Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 3.95%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.2%Peak (2008)
  • 38Filings in 2008 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2008
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 480291905032000: 12 filings (1.62/100 renter HHs)2001: 17 filings (2.29/100 renter HHs)2002: 26 filings (3.51/100 renter HHs)2003: 25 filings (3.37/100 renter HHs)2004: 27 filings (3.64/100 renter HHs)2005: 24 filings (3.90/100 renter HHs)2006: 34 filings (5.53/100 renter HHs)2007: 34 filings (5.53/100 renter HHs)2008: 38 filings (6.18/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 217% over the past 9 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Alta Vista

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from San Antonio eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Bexar County average of 5.2 and in line with the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 78th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 48029190503

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48029190503?

Census tract 48029190503 in the Alta Vista neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 48029190503?

Median gross rent is $1,071/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48029190503?

13.1% of residents in tract 48029190503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,739.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48029190503?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 84th, minority 82th, housing 42th.
Q5

Is tract 48029190503 considered part of Alta Vista?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48029190503 fall within Alta Vista (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48029190503?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 237 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 48029190503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.95% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 48029190503 compare to San Antonio overall?

Tract 48029190503 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of San Antonio at 2.8/10. 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 48029190503 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. 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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