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Census Tract · Ranked #7,456 of 84,120 nationally

San Antonio Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 48029160100 · Bexar, TX · pop 6,949

How risky is San Antonio in Bexar County for landlords? Census tract 48029160100 scores 5.8/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 67th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 66% of renter households, a severe level, and 51% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,019 monthly, set against $26,861 in average yearly household income, roughly 46% of income at the averages. About 53% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 18% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units2,293
Renter share52.6%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate36.9%
Median income$26,861

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 321 tracts In San Antonio
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 375 tracts In Bexar
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#86 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
National
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#7,456 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Antonio and the region

Centroid at 29.4088, -98.5218 · click any tract to drill in

Why San Antonio scores 6.5

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
36.9% poverty · this tract
9.2
Supply constraint
$1,019 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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 San Antonio compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
San Antonio risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.56.5This tracttract 160100San Antonio: 2.82.8San Antonioparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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)

  • 254Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 4.63%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.7%Peak (2003)
  • 28Filings in 2008 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2008
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 480291601002000: 16 filings (2.44/100 renter HHs)2001: 16 filings (2.44/100 renter HHs)2002: 30 filings (4.57/100 renter HHs)2003: 44 filings (6.71/100 renter HHs)2004: 36 filings (5.49/100 renter HHs)2005: 28 filings (5.00/100 renter HHs)2006: 28 filings (5.00/100 renter HHs)2007: 28 filings (5.00/100 renter HHs)2008: 28 filings (5.00/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 75% over the past 9 months.
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Analysis

What drives eviction risk in San Antonio

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.2/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above the Bexar County average of 5.2 and above the Texas statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 92% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 99th 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 48029160100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48029160100?

Census tract 48029160100 in San Antonio scores 6.5/10 (Elevated 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 48029160100?

Median gross rent is $1,019/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48029160100?

36.9% of residents in tract 48029160100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,949.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48029160100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 100th, minority 99th, housing 80th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48029160100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 254 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 48029160100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.63% of renter households, peaking at 6.7% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 48029160100 compare to San Antonio overall?

Tract 48029160100 scores 6.5/10, 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.
Q7

Was tract 48029160100 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 92% 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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