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Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Universal City Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 48029121601 · Bexar, TX · pop 4,570 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Universal City

Tract 48029121601 sits in Universal City, TX, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.6/10. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 43% Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units1,944
Renter share68.9%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate21.3%
Median income$56,329

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Universal City
Very High
Within county
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#150 of 375 tracts In Bexar
Elevated
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#1,731 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Elevated
National
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#39,308 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Universal City and the region

Centroid at 29.5465, -98.3022 · click any tract to drill in

Why Universal City scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Universal City
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
21.3% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$1,107 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Universal City
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Universal City
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Universal City
2.1

How Universal City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Universal City risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.6This tracttract 1216013.3Universal Cityparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

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

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)

  • 546Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 4.91%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.6%Peak (2005)
  • 29Filings in 2008 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2008
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48029121601
Filings dropped 45% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Universal City

38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Bexar County average of 48.2%. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

This is renter territory: 69% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10.

The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. At $1,107 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Universal City commands.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 546 filings here across 9 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2005, when 8.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.9% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Bexar County average of 4.1 closely.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $56,329.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 48029121601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48029121601?

Census tract 48029121601 in Universal City scores 4.6/10 (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 48029121601?

Median gross rent is $1,107/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48029121601?

21.3% of residents in tract 48029121601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,570.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48029121601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 79th, minority 77th, housing 37th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48029121601?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 546 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 48029121601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.91% of renter households, peaking at 8.6% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 48029121601 compare to Universal City overall?

Tract 48029121601 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Universal City at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Universal City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Universal City

Top eight tracts in Universal City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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