Within parent city
96
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Omaha Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 31055005902 · Douglas County, NE · pop 2,068
Tract 31055005902 sits in Omaha eviction risk, NE, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. Population here is 2,068. 42% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units772
Renter share37.7%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate22.0%
Median income$54,722
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Omaha and the region
Centroid at 41.2941, -95.9644 · click any tract to drill in
Why Omaha 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
22.0% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$1,077 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Omaha compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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
- 70%Grade B
- 30%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)
- 723Total filings over 13 yrs
- 14.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.5%Peak (2012)
- 68Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 28% over the past 13 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 27.0%Housing insecurity
- 19.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.1%Food insecurity
- 32.7%SNAP enrollment
- 17.9%Transit barriers
- 19.4%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 38.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Omaha
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. 57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Douglas County average of 44.0%.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against the Douglas County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 19.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 723 evictions over 13 years of observation. Adults with no health insurance runs 19.4% against 11.3% nationally.
Average gross rent is $1,077, 9% below the Omaha average. Filings peaked in 2012 at 16.5% of renter households.
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 31055005902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 31055005902?
Census tract 31055005902 in Omaha 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 31055005902?
Median gross rent is $1,077/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 31055005902?
22.0% of residents in tract 31055005902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,068.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 31055005902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 80th, minority 85th, housing 87th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 31055005902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 723 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 31055005902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.98% of renter households, peaking at 16.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 31055005902 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.0% 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. 19.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 31055005902 compare to Omaha overall?
Tract 31055005902 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.
Q8
Was tract 31055005902 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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