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Neighborhood · San Antonio, TX

Saint Mary's Strip Eviction Risk: Lower

1 census tracts · pop 3,868 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.3/10 · range 3.3–3.3

Saint Mary's Strip is a one-tract neighborhood of San Antonio, TX, population 3,868. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3.3/10, in the Lower tier. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.

22% 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. Running cool is economic stress, at 2.2/10. Cost burden runs 38% against 32.0% citywide, putting Saint Mary's Strip 5.6% over its own city.

The filing record is not thin: 193 evictions logged in this tract. The worst year on record was 2008, when filings touched 2.5% of renter households. On the softer side is housing-court posture, at 3/10.

Average gross rent is $1,204, 9% below the San Antonio average of $1,324. Among the 88 mapped neighborhoods of San Antonio, it ranks #53 by risk, the middle third.

Judgments average 1.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Rent takes 20% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.

60% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

One tract means one number: 3.3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
3.3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Saint Mary's Strip vs San Antonio How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
37.6% +18%
San Antonio: 32.0%
Average gross rent
$1,204 -9%
San Antonio: $1,324
Average HH income
$72,933 +16%
San Antonio: $62,917
Poverty rate
8.8% -49%
San Antonio: 17.1%
Renter share
60.2% +26%
San Antonio: 47.8%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Saint Mary's Strip and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 3.3–3.3

Why Saint Mary's Strip scores 3.3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.9–5.9 across tracts
5.9
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 5.8–5.8 across tracts
5.8
Rent control risk
38% of income on rent · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
60% renter households · Range 4.0–4.0 across tracts
4.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Economic stress
8.8% below poverty line · Range 2.2–2.2 across tracts
2.2
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Risk score comparison

Saint Mary's Strip vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Saint Mary's Strip score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.3Saint Mary's StripNeighborhood3.8Parent cityhost city3.6Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Saint Mary's Strip

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
48029190200 3.3 3,868 38% $1,204
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 42

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 40%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 14%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 76%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 58%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Saint Mary's Strip

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 193Total filings (sum)
  • 1.74%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.5%Peak year (2008)
  • 2.52%Latest filed (2008)
Frequently asked

About Saint Mary's Strip

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Saint Mary's Strip?

Saint Mary's Strip scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 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 Saint Mary's Strip compare to San Antonio overall?

Saint Mary's Strip scores 0.5 points lower than San Antonio overall (3.8/10). Renters spend 38% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,204 vs $1,324.
Q3

What is the average rent in Saint Mary's Strip?

Average gross rent in Saint Mary's Strip is $1,204/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Saint Mary's Strip residents are renters?

60% of Saint Mary's Strip households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in San Antonio). The neighborhood has 3,868 residents.
Q5

Is Saint Mary's Strip a high social-vulnerability area?

Saint Mary's Strip sits in the 42nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Saint Mary's Strip for landlords?

Saint Mary's Strip carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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 lower-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Saint Mary's Strip?

Saint Mary's Strip has 3,956 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (51.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (36.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (6.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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