Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Blackstone Eviction Risk: Moderate , Omaha
Tract 31055003900 · Douglas County, NE · pop 2,426 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 31055003900 sits in the Blackstone area of Omaha eviction risk, NE, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. Population here is 2,426. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 21%
Tract context
Occupied units932
Renter share78.8%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate29.7%
Median income$50,714
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
79
th percentile
High
Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Omaha and the region
Centroid at 41.2506, -95.9543 · click any tract to drill in
Why Blackstone scores 5.1
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
29.7% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$1,098 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Blackstone compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 100%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)
- 800Total filings over 13 yrs
- 8.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.0%Peak (2003)
- 43Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 45% over the past 13 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Blackstone. 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.
- 20.9%Housing insecurity
- 13.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.0%Food insecurity
- 20.8%SNAP enrollment
- 14.1%Transit barriers
- 22.0%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 31.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Blackstone
79% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. It sits 1.2 points above the Douglas County average of 3.9.
Against Douglas County at 44.0%, roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened. Adults with no health insurance runs 22.0% against 11.3% nationally. Food insecurity runs 28.0% against 17.8% nationally.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. Court records carry 800 eviction filings across 13 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2003, when 11.0% of renter households were served.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 31055003900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 31055003900?
Census tract 31055003900 in the Blackstone neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 31055003900?
Median gross rent is $1,098/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 31055003900?
29.7% of residents in tract 31055003900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,426.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 31055003900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 40th, minority 75th, housing 84th.
Q5
Is tract 31055003900 considered part of Blackstone?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 31055003900 fall within Blackstone (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 31055003900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 800 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 31055003900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.24% of renter households, peaking at 11.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 31055003900 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.9% 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. 13.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 31055003900 compare to Omaha overall?
Tract 31055003900 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Omaha at 3.7/10. 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 31055003900 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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