Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Benson Eviction Risk: Lower , Omaha
Tract 31055005500 · Douglas County, NE · pop 5,376 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
In the Benson area of Omaha, census tract 31055005500 scores 4.6/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 25% of US census tracts.
36% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,325 a month against an average household income of $120,714 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,078
Renter share27.9%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$120,714
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
26
th percentile
Low
Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Omaha and the region
Centroid at 41.2772, -95.9952 · click any tract to drill in
Why Benson scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Omaha
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Nebraska legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,325 rent vs county FMR
5.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Omaha
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Omaha
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Omaha
3.0
How Benson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 88%Grade A
- 12%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 336Total filings over 13 yrs
- 5.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.3%Peak (2009)
- 22Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Benson. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.4%Food insecurity
- 7.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 14.2%Frequent mental distress
- 22.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Benson
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 5.5/10. 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 Omaha eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Douglas County average of 4.8 and above the Nebraska statewide average of 3.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 336 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 5.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.3% of renter households in 2009.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 31055005500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 31055005500?
Census tract 31055005500 in the Benson neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (Lower 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 31055005500?
Median gross rent is $1,325/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 31055005500?
9.7% of residents in tract 31055005500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,376.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 31055005500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 11th, minority 28th, housing 7th.
Q5
Is tract 31055005500 considered part of Benson?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 31055005500 fall within Benson (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 31055005500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 336 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 31055005500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.27% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 31055005500 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 31055005500 compare to Omaha overall?
Tract 31055005500 scores 2.8/10, lower than the parent city of Omaha at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Omaha eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 31055005500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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