Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Pound Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Lincoln
Tract 31109002702 · Lancaster County, NE · pop 5,724 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 31109002702 covers part of the Pound Heights area of Lincoln, NE, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,724. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units2,225
Renter share33.3%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate5.6%
Median income$79,978
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
36
th percentile
Low
Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lincoln and the region
Centroid at 40.7674, -96.6611 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pound Heights scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lincoln
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Nebraska legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
5.6% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,036 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lincoln
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lincoln
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lincoln
3.0
How Pound Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 9%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)
- 236Total filings over 14 yrs
- 3.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2015)
- 30Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 131% over the past 14 months.
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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.5%Food insecurity
- 7.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 27.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pound Heights
27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.4/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
37% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Lancaster County average of 43.9%. Court records carry 236 eviction filings across 14 observed years. Against the Lancaster County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.
SNAP participation runs 7.9% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 10.5% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2015 at 5.9% of renter households.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Lincoln. 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 3.4% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 31109002702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 31109002702?
Census tract 31109002702 in the Pound Heights neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 31109002702?
Median gross rent is $1,036/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 31109002702?
5.6% of residents in tract 31109002702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,724.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 31109002702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 59th, minority 33th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 31109002702 considered part of Pound Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 31109002702 fall within Pound Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 31109002702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 236 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 31109002702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.36% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 31109002702 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 31109002702 compare to Lincoln overall?
Tract 31109002702 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Lincoln at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lincoln eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 31109002702 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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