1 census tracts · pop 3,756 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Southern Hills is a one-tract neighborhood of Lincoln, NE and houses 3,756 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, in the Lower tier. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
Average gross rent is $1,367, 26% above the Lincoln average of $1,086. 19% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 2/10. The voucher gap is 21.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. 32% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent.
The filing record is not thin: 48 evictions logged in this tract. SNAP participation is 4.5% of households versus 15.2% nationally. 3.8% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, below a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Sitting well above the midpoint is supply constraint at 7.2/10. Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 1.1% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 0.4% in 2016, is well off that peak.
That places it #43 of 72 neighborhoods in Lincoln. For a like-for-like read, Colonial Hills and Rolling Hills Ridge score within a fraction of it.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 3/10 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
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Southern Hills vs LincolnHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority22%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport43%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Southern Hills
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
48Total filings (sum)
0.55%Avg annual filing rate
1.1%Peak year (2015)
0.41%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Southern Hills
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
5.5%Housing insecurity
3.8%Utility shutoff threat
6.6%Food insecurity
4.5%SNAP enrollment
5.7%No health insurance
25.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Southern Hills
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Southern Hills?
Southern Hills scores 3/10 (Lower 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 Southern Hills compare to Lincoln overall?
Southern Hills scores 0.6 points lower than Lincoln overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 32% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,367 vs $1,086.
Q3
What is the average rent in Southern Hills?
Average gross rent in Southern Hills is $1,367/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Southern Hills residents are renters?
41% of Southern Hills households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Lincoln). The neighborhood has 3,756 residents.
Q5
Is Southern Hills a high social-vulnerability area?
Southern Hills sits in the 14th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Southern Hills for landlords?
Southern Hills carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). 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 lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Southern Hills?
Southern Hills has 3,934 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (84.6%), Hispanic / Latino (8.6%), Other / Multiracial (4.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
