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Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally

Blackstone Eviction Risk: Moderate , Omaha

Tract 31055003900 · Douglas County, NE · pop 2,426 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

The Blackstone area of Omaha anchors census tract 31055003900, which lands at 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 57% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,098 a month against an average household income of $50,714 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 79% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 39% Owners 21%
Tract context
Occupied units932
Renter share78.8%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate29.7%
Median income$50,714

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9 tracts In Blackstone
Very High
Within parent city
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#16 of 157 tracts In Omaha
Very High
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 163 tracts In Douglas County
High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#26 of 553 tracts In Nebraska
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Omaha and the region

Centroid at 41.2506, -95.9543 · click any tract to drill in

Why Blackstone scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Omaha
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Nebraska legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
29.7% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$1,098 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Omaha
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Omaha
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Omaha
3.0

How Blackstone compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Blackstone risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.55.5This tracttract 003900Omaha: 3.23.2Omahaparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 800Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 8.24%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.0%Peak (2003)
  • 43Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 310550039002002: 78 filings (8.52/100 renter HHs)2003: 101 filings (11.03/100 renter HHs)2004: 71 filings (7.75/100 renter HHs)2005: 61 filings (9.28/100 renter HHs)2006: 81 filings (12.33/100 renter HHs)2007: 52 filings (7.91/100 renter HHs)2008: 77 filings (11.72/100 renter HHs)2009: 53 filings (8.07/100 renter HHs)2010: 47 filings (6.35/100 renter HHs)2011: 41 filings (5.53/100 renter HHs)2012: 43 filings (5.80/100 renter HHs)2013: 52 filings (7.01/100 renter HHs)2014: 43 filings (5.80/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 45% over the past 13 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Blackstone. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Blackstone

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 7.4/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Omaha eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Douglas County average of 4.8 and above the Nebraska statewide average of 3.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 20.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 31055003900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 31055003900?

Census tract 31055003900 in the Blackstone neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate 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 31055003900?

Median gross rent is $1,098/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 31055003900?

29.7% of residents in tract 31055003900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,426.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 31055003900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 40th, minority 75th, housing 84th.
Q5

Is tract 31055003900 considered part of Blackstone?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 31055003900 fall within Blackstone (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 31055003900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 800 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 31055003900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.24% of renter households, peaking at 11.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 31055003900 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.9% 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. 13.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 31055003900 compare to Omaha overall?

Tract 31055003900 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Omaha at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Omaha eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 31055003900 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Omaha

Top eight tracts in Omaha ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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