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Census Tract · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

San Antonio Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48029190901 · Bexar, TX · pop 6,488

Tract 48029190901 sits in San Antonio eviction risk, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. Population here is 6,488. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 27% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units2,797
Renter share59.8%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate22.0%
Median income$51,875

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#97 of 321 tracts In San Antonio
Elevated
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#80 of 375 tracts In Bexar
High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#375 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
National
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#29,336 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across San Antonio and the region

Centroid at 29.5060, -98.4983 · click any tract to drill in

Why San Antonio scores 5.2

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
22.0% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$1,139 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 / state5.2This tracttract 1909013.8San Antonioparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

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)

  • 615Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 5.82%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.1%Peak (2008)
  • 102Filings in 2008 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2008
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48029190901
Filings climbed 48% over the past 9 months.
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Analysis

What drives eviction risk in San Antonio

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. Adults with no health insurance runs 25.9% against 11.3% nationally.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. Against Bexar County at 48.2%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened.

The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against the Bexar County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 615 filings here across 9 tracked years.

Average gross rent is $1,139, 14% below the San Antonio average. The worst year on record was 2008, when 10.1% of renter households were served.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 5.8% of renter households face a filing.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48029190901

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48029190901?

Census tract 48029190901 in San Antonio 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 48029190901?

Median gross rent is $1,139/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48029190901?

22.0% of residents in tract 48029190901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,488.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48029190901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 89th, minority 81th, housing 90th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48029190901?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 615 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 48029190901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.82% of renter households, peaking at 10.1% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 48029190901 compare to San Antonio overall?

Tract 48029190901 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.
Q7

Was tract 48029190901 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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