1 census tracts · pop 5,115 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Sterling Hills maps to a single census tract in Lincoln, NE and houses 5,115 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, Lower tier. Cost burden runs 47% against 28.9% citywide, putting Sterling Hills 17.9% over its own city.
Average gross rent is $1,572, 45% above the Lincoln average of $1,086. The voucher gap is 39.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
Running cool is economic stress, at 1/10. On the high side is supply constraint at 9/10. The filing record is not thin: 75 evictions logged in this tract.
CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 6.9% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. Severe burden reaches 10%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Food insecurity affects 8.1% of adults, 9.7 points below the national rate.
Filing activity peaked in 2006 at 5.4% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 0.7% in 2016, is well off that peak.
That places it #43 of 72 neighborhoods in Lincoln.
One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Sterling Hills vs LincolnHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority27%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport12%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Sterling Hills
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
75Total filings (sum)
2.52%Avg annual filing rate
5.4%Peak year (2006)
0.67%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Sterling Hills
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
6.9%Housing insecurity
4.9%Utility shutoff threat
8.1%Food insecurity
5.6%SNAP enrollment
6.1%No health insurance
22.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Sterling Hills
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Sterling Hills?
Sterling 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 Sterling Hills compare to Lincoln overall?
Sterling Hills scores 0.6 points lower than Lincoln overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,572 vs $1,086.
Q3
What is the average rent in Sterling Hills?
Average gross rent in Sterling Hills is $1,572/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Sterling Hills residents are renters?
32% of Sterling Hills households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Lincoln). The neighborhood has 5,115 residents.
Q5
Is Sterling Hills a high social-vulnerability area?
Sterling Hills sits in the 11th 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 Sterling Hills for landlords?
Sterling 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 Sterling Hills?
Sterling Hills has 5,013 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (85.8%), Other / Multiracial (7.4%), Hispanic / Latino (3.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
