Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation

The Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation is based on the important work of the federal Centers for Disease Control. With the future of that index in doubt, the same federal datasets and methodologies were used to carry the index forward.

The most recent SVI uses the 2022 American Communities Survey as its base. This recalculation matches the 2022 baseline 100 percent. The 2022 methodologies form the basis of the updated calculations for subsequent ACS vintages. This platform will run updates on all new ACS releases.

Should the SVI be updated with changed methodologies, this platform will update to match, while preserving the 2022 methodologies for comparison purposes.

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Comal County — Social Vulnerability Index

Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Comal County — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (5 to 14)Lower-middle (16 to 29)Middle (29 to 44)Upper-middle (44 to 64)Higher (65 to 84)
Each unit is shaded by its Overall SVI Percentile value and grouped into equal-count bands (quantiles) against the other units shown — lighter = lower, darker = higher. It ranks position among the units in view; it does not grade places, and the ranges shift with which units are shown.

The map is bounded to this parent geography — it shows the selected unit among its own siblings only, the same depth rule the drill-down uses. Shading ranks position on the measure among the units shown; it does not grade places.

Click a tract to see its overall percentile and theme scores.

Median tract: 37th percentile (among all U.S. tracts).
These tracts span the 5th percentile to the 84th percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Well above the median1 (3%) · 5,941 people
Above the median8 (24%) · 39,935 people
Near the median7 (21%) · 38,677 people
Below the median10 (30%) · 55,895 people
Well below the median7 (21%) · 43,378 people
Widest spread across these tracts: Housing Type & Transportation — this theme most separates the higher- and lower-ranked tracts here.

The SVI ranks each tract's position relative to a comparison set; it is not averaged into one number for the area, because percentiles do not average meaningfully. The distribution — median, range, and shape below — is the summary.
Well above the median — 1 tract (80th–100th percentile)
Tract 3104.01 (pop. 5,941) — 84th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics.
Above the median — 8 tracts (60th–80th percentile)
Tract 3105.01 (pop. 4,556) — 79th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 3109.04 (pop. 11,988) — 77th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 3106.10 (pop. 2,954) — 72nd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 3105.03 (pop. 7,466) — 71st percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 3103.02 (pop. 5,437) — 68th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 3101.00 (pop. 3,460) — 65th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 3106.12 (pop. 2,034) — 64th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above); near the median on Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 3106.14 (pop. 2,040) — 64th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Household Characteristics (above); below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Near the median — 7 tracts (40th–60th percentile)
Tract 3105.02 (pop. 9,817) — 59th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 3104.04 (pop. 4,821) — 55th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 3108.04 (pop. 6,750) — 55th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 3106.09 (pop. 4,376) — 47th percentile — Near the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 3102.00 (pop. 3,465) — 44th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 3106.08 (pop. 4,287) — 44th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 3106.03 (pop. 5,161) — 42nd percentile — Near the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Below the median — 10 tracts (20th–40th percentile)
Tract 3106.13 (pop. 4,272) — 37th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 3106.04 (pop. 3,396) — 36th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 3104.05 (pop. 3,564) — 36th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 3106.11 (pop. 4,296) — 29th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 3107.05 (pop. 2,715) — 29th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 3107.06 (pop. 6,250) — 25th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 3109.01 (pop. 13,204) — 25th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 3108.01 (pop. 7,206) — 22nd percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 3107.02 (pop. 6,864) — 21st percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 3107.07 (pop. 4,128) — 21st percentile — Below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Well below the median — 7 tracts (0th–20th percentile)
Tract 3103.01 (pop. 3,100) — 16th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 3107.08 (pop. 3,411) — 14th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 3109.03 (pop. 7,379) — 14th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 3107.03 (pop. 13,191) — 13th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 3109.05 (pop. 3,397) — 12th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 3104.06 (pop. 7,206) — 10th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 3108.03 (pop. 5,694) — 5th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
SVI = the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index, recomputed by this platform from American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates using CDC's published method. Percentiles rank each tract against all U.S. tracts. "Vulnerability" is the name of CDC's index; the platform reports where a place ranks on it, and does not grade places or their residents.
Top-decile flags follow CDC's own convention (≥ 90th percentile) and are attributed as such; they are not part of an official CDC distribution.

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