Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Omaha Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 31055006504 · Douglas County, NE · pop 3,758
31055006504 is a census tract in Omaha, NE. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,758 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,537
Renter share29.7%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate26.4%
Median income$59,386
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Omaha and the region
Centroid at 41.2900, -96.0388 · 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
26.4% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$953 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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
- 66%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)
- 426Total filings over 13 yrs
- 7.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.7%Peak (2008)
- 37Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 95% 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.
- 11.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.5%Food insecurity
- 12.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.2%Transit barriers
- 10.1%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 31.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Omaha
Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
The poverty rate is 26%. 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.
Average gross rent is $953, 20% below the Omaha average. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 426 evictions over 13 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2008 at 12.7% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Omaha. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 7.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.4/10.
Statewide the NE average is 3.7, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 47% of renters.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 31055006504
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 31055006504?
Census tract 31055006504 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 31055006504?
Median gross rent is $953/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 31055006504?
26.4% of residents in tract 31055006504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,758.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 31055006504?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 41th, minority 32th, housing 48th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 31055006504?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 426 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 31055006504 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.28% of renter households, peaking at 12.7% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 31055006504 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.3% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 31055006504 compare to Omaha overall?
Tract 31055006504 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 31055006504 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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