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Blackstone Eviction Risk: Moderate , Omaha

Tract 31055004000 · Douglas County, NE · pop 3,409 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

The Moderate-tier score of 5.1/10 for census tract 31055004000 reflects conditions in the Blackstone area of Omaha, Nebraska. That is riskier than about 42% of US census tracts.

41% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,029 monthly, set against $40,847 in average yearly household income, roughly 30% of income at the averages. About 86% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 50% Owners 14%
Tract context
Occupied units2,179
Renter share86.0%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate25.7%
Median income$40,847

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#4 of 9 tracts In Blackstone
Elevated
Within parent city
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#23 of 157 tracts In Omaha
High
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#24 of 163 tracts In Douglas County
High
Within state
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#34 of 553 tracts In Nebraska
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Omaha and the region

Centroid at 41.2561, -95.9542 · click any tract to drill in

Why Blackstone scores 5.4

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
25.7% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$1,029 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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: 5.45.4This tracttract 004000Omaha: 3.23.2Omahaparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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)

  • 1,573Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 9.37%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.1%Peak (2002)
  • 74Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 310550040002002: 210 filings (15.06/100 renter HHs)2003: 162 filings (11.62/100 renter HHs)2004: 117 filings (8.39/100 renter HHs)2005: 117 filings (10.33/100 renter HHs)2006: 109 filings (9.62/100 renter HHs)2007: 138 filings (12.18/100 renter HHs)2008: 132 filings (11.65/100 renter HHs)2009: 119 filings (10.50/100 renter HHs)2010: 123 filings (9.56/100 renter HHs)2011: 94 filings (6.20/100 renter HHs)2012: 91 filings (6.01/100 renter HHs)2013: 87 filings (5.74/100 renter HHs)2014: 74 filings (4.88/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 65% 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 6.4/10. 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 about the same as 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 82nd 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 31055004000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 31055004000?

Census tract 31055004000 in the Blackstone neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 31055004000?

Median gross rent is $1,029/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 31055004000?

25.7% of residents in tract 31055004000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,409.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 31055004000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 16th, minority 59th, housing 90th.
Q5

Is tract 31055004000 considered part of Blackstone?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 31055004000 fall within Blackstone (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 31055004000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,573 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 31055004000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.37% of renter households, peaking at 15.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 31055004000 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.1% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 31055004000 compare to Omaha overall?

Tract 31055004000 scores 5.4/10, 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 31055004000 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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