1 census tracts · pop 3,279 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.7/10
· range 4.7–4.7
Lincoln Heights maps to a single census tract in Lincoln, NE and houses 3,279 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.7/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a Lincoln baseline of 28.9%, 53% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. The severe-burden share is 23%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Court records for this tract carry 387 eviction filings. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 3/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2007 at 5.2% of renter households. Running cool is housing-court posture, at 3/10. Recent filings have not receded much: 5.1% in 2016 against a 5.2% peak.
Among the 72 mapped neighborhoods of Lincoln, it ranks #16 by risk, the upper third. For a like-for-like read, Green Prairie Heights and Houston score within a fraction of it. Average gross rent runs $1,100, close to the Lincoln average.
Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $52,731. 43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 4.7/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Lincoln Heights vs LincolnHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority52%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport26%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Lincoln Heights
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
387Total filings (sum)
4.06%Avg annual filing rate
5.2%Peak year (2007)
5.08%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Lincoln Heights
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
13.1%Housing insecurity
9.0%Utility shutoff threat
17.7%Food insecurity
14.0%SNAP enrollment
12.6%No health insurance
31.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Lincoln Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Lincoln Heights?
Lincoln Heights scores 4.7/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Lincoln Heights compare to Lincoln overall?
Lincoln Heights scores 1.1 points higher than Lincoln overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 53% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,100 vs $1,086.
Q3
What is the average rent in Lincoln Heights?
Average gross rent in Lincoln eviction risk Heights is $1,100/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Lincoln Heights residents are renters?
43% of Lincoln Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Lincoln). The neighborhood has 3,279 residents.
Q5
Is Lincoln Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Lincoln Heights sits in the 67th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Lincoln Heights for landlords?
Lincoln eviction risk Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.7/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Lincoln as a whole (3.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Lincoln Heights?
Lincoln Heights has 3,423 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (61.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (11.4%), Hispanic / Latino (10.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
