5 census tracts · pop 16,374 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.5/10
· range 3–5.2
Denver Heights takes in 5 census tracts of San Antonio, TX, population 16,374. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.5/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 46% against 32.0% citywide, putting Denver Heights 14.3% over its own city.
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. 24% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3 to 5.2, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.1/10.
At $1,036 a month, rents sit 22% under what the rest of San Antonio commands. The poverty rate is 21%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Filings are well documented here: 1,074 across 5 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2008 at 11.4% of renter households.
Running cool is housing-court posture, at 3/10. Among the 88 mapped neighborhoods of San Antonio, it ranks #30 by risk, the middle third. Judgments average 3.5% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Social vulnerability runs high at 8.5/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.2 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
5 tracts · population-weighted
Denver Heights vs San AntonioHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority90%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport42%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Denver Heights
Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,074Total filings (sum)
4.59%Avg annual filing rate
11.4%Peak year (2008)
5.60%Latest filed (2008)
Frequently asked
About Denver Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Denver Heights?
Denver Heights scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier) across 5 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Denver Heights compare to San Antonio overall?
Denver Heights scores 0.7 points higher than San Antonio overall (3.8/10). Renters spend 46% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,036 vs $1,324.
Q3
What is the average rent in Denver Heights?
Average gross rent in Denver Heights is $1,036/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Denver Heights residents are renters?
35% of Denver Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in San Antonio). The neighborhood has 16,374 residents.
Q5
Is Denver Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Denver Heights sits in the 84th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Denver Heights have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Denver Heights is census tract 48029140500 (score 5.2/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 5.2, a spread of 2.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Denver Heights for landlords?
Denver Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.5/10). Pop-weighted across 5 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to San Antonio as a whole (3.8/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Denver Heights?
Denver Heights has 16,526 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (82.5%), White (non-Hispanic) (11%), Black (non-Hispanic) (3.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
