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Neighborhood · Lincoln, NE

Sunset Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 5,678 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4/10 · range 4–4

Sunset Heights maps to a single census tract in Lincoln, NE, population 5,678. The Eviction Risk Score is 4/10, in the Moderate tier. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.

At $792 a month, rents sit 27% under what the rest of Lincoln commands. The severe-burden share is 20%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

Running cool is supply constraint, at 2/10. around a third of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent. The filing record is not thin: 1,066 evictions logged in this tract.

Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 2.6/10. Filing activity peaked in 2012 at 6.6% of renter households.

Recent filings have not receded much: 5.8% in 2016 against a 6.6% peak. Among the 72 mapped neighborhoods of Lincoln, it ranks #31 by risk, the middle third. For a like-for-like read, Lincoln Park and Dakota Place score within a fraction of it.

Social vulnerability runs high at 8.1/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Rent takes 15% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.

One tract means one number: 4/10 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
4
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Sunset Heights vs Lincoln How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
30.3% +5%
Lincoln: 28.9%
Average gross rent
$792 -27%
Lincoln: $1,086
Average HH income
$62,310 -11%
Lincoln: $69,991
Poverty rate
10.5% -17%
Lincoln: 12.6%
Renter share
54.4% +24%
Lincoln: 43.9%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Sunset Heights and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 4–4

Why Sunset Heights scores 4

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 1.8–1.8 across tracts
1.8
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.4–5.4 across tracts
5.4
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts
5.0
Rent control risk
30% of income on rent · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
54% renter households · Range 4.0–4.0 across tracts
4.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Economic stress
10.5% below poverty line · Range 2.6–2.6 across tracts
2.6
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.0–2.0 across tracts
2.0
Risk score comparison

Sunset Heights vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Sunset Heights score vs. parent city, state, U.S.4.0Sunset HeightsNeighborhood3.6Parent cityhost city3.6Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Sunset Heights

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
31109002200 4 5,678 30% $792
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 79

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 78%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 86%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 57%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 61%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Sunset Heights

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1,066Total filings (sum)
  • 5.92%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.6%Peak year (2012)
  • 5.78%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Sunset Heights

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Sunset Heights

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Sunset Heights?

Sunset Heights scores 4/10 (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 Sunset Heights compare to Lincoln overall?

Sunset Heights scores 0.4 points higher than Lincoln overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 30% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $792 vs $1,086.
Q3

What is the average rent in Sunset Heights?

Average gross rent in Sunset Heights is $792/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Sunset Heights residents are renters?

54% of Sunset Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Lincoln). The neighborhood has 5,678 residents.
Q5

Is Sunset Heights a high social-vulnerability area?

Sunset Heights sits in the 79th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Sunset Heights for landlords?

Sunset Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4/10). 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 Sunset Heights?

Sunset Heights has 5,000 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (54.1%), Hispanic / Latino (25.1%), Black (non-Hispanic) (10%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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