Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Hillcrest Eviction Risk: Moderate , San Antonio
Tract 48029180300 · Bexar, TX · pop 4,435 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
48029180300 is a census tract in the Hillcrest area of San Antonio, TX. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. Adults with no health insurance runs 36.0% against 11.3% nationally.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,458
Renter share51.2%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate28.9%
Median income$45,988
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
96
th percentile
Very High
Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across San Antonio and the region
Centroid at 29.4668, -98.5575 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hillcrest scores 5.2
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
28.9% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$1,008 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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.
- 92%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)
- 508Total filings over 9 yrs
- 10.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.4%Peak (2006)
- 60Filings in 2008 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 76% 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
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. Average gross rent is $1,008, 24% below the San Antonio average.
Against the Bexar County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 508 filings here across 9 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2006, when 16.4% of renter households were served. 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 10.9% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 65th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 48029180300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48029180300?
Census tract 48029180300 in the Hillcrest 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 48029180300?
Median gross rent is $1,008/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 48029180300?
28.9% of residents in tract 48029180300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,435.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 48029180300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 93th, minority 91th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 48029180300 considered part of Hillcrest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48029180300 fall within Hillcrest (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48029180300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 508 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 48029180300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.91% of renter households, peaking at 16.4% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 48029180300 compare to San Antonio overall?
Tract 48029180300 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.
Q8
Was tract 48029180300 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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