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Eviction Risk in Sunset Heights , Lincoln

1 census tracts · pop 5,678 · pop-weighted composite 3.9/10 · range 3.9–3.9

Sunset Heights is a white-hispanic neighborhood in Lincoln with 1 census tract and a population of 5,678 residents. The neighborhood's pop-weighted eviction-risk score of 3.9/10 (Lower tier) blends state law, county-level filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden + poverty. 30% of renters here pay at least 30% of household income on rent, and 20% are severely cost-burdened (≥50% of income). Median gross rent of $792/month sits 27% lower than the Lincoln citywide median ($1,086).

Eviction Risk
3.9
Lower tier · pop-weighted across tracts
Rent burden
30%
20% severely burdened
Median rent
$792
Median household income
$62,310
10.5% below poverty line
Risk score comparison

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

Composite landlord eviction-risk score (0–10 scale).

Sunset Heights score vs. parent city, state, U.S.U.S. avg = 5.0Sunset Heights: 3.93.9Sunset HeightsNeighborhoodParent city: 3.43.4Parent cityhost cityState: 3.33.3Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.35.3U.S.national avg
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by composite score.

Peer · NE
Cushman
3.9
/ 10 · Low
1 tracts · pop. 4.2K
Peer · NE
Norwood Park
3.9
/ 10 · Low
1 tracts · pop. 3.4K
Peer · NE
Wedgewood Manor
3.9
/ 10 · Low
1 tracts · pop. 3.3K
Peer · NE
Bethany Park
3.8
/ 10 · Low
1 tracts · pop. 6.6K
Comparison

Sunset Heights vs Lincoln

How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average.

Composite score
3.9 +15%
Lincoln: 3.4
Rent burden
30.3% +5%
Lincoln: 28.9%
Median gross rent
$792 -27%
Lincoln: $1,086
Median HH income
$62,310 -11%
Lincoln: $69,991
Poverty rate
10.5% -17%
Lincoln: 12.6%
Renter share
54.4% +24%
Lincoln: 43.9%
Where

Tract centroids in Sunset Heights

Dot color = eviction risk score for that tract.

Demographics

Racial & ethnic composition

White-Hispanic Neighborhood — 5,000 residents across all tracts in Sunset Heights. Source: ACS 5-year 2023 (B03002).

Hispanic / Latino: 25.1% White (non-Hispanic): 54.1% Black (non-Hispanic): 10% Asian (non-Hispanic): 5.5% Other / Multiracial: 5.4%
  • Hispanic / Latino 25.1%
  • White (non-Hispanic) 54.1%
  • Black (non-Hispanic) 10%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 5.5%
  • Other / Multiracial 5.4%
Census tracts

1 tracts in Sunset Heights

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

Tract Score Pop Rent burden Median rent
31109002200 3.9 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

What is the eviction-risk score for Sunset Heights?

Sunset Heights scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted composite blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden and poverty signals.

How does Sunset Heights compare to Lincoln overall?

Sunset Heights scores 0.5 points higher than Lincoln overall (3.4/10). Rent burden: 30% vs 29% citywide. Median rent: $792 vs $1,086.

What is the median rent in Sunset Heights?

Median 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.

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.

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.

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