Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Blackstone Eviction Risk: Moderate , Omaha
Tract 31055004400 · Douglas County, NE · pop 1,362 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Eviction risk in the Blackstone area of Omaha centers on tract 31055004400, which scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 1,362 residents. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 54% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,181 a month against an average household income of $51,549 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 60% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units785
Renter share60.4%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate14.1%
Median income$51,549
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Omaha and the region
Centroid at 41.2538, -95.9824 · click any tract to drill in
Why Blackstone scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
14.1% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,181 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 100%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 169Total filings over 13 yrs
- 5.57%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.8%Peak (2002)
- 6Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 74% 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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.9%Food insecurity
- 8.1%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 24.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Blackstone
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 4.4/10. 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 28th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 31055004400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 31055004400?
Census tract 31055004400 in the Blackstone neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 31055004400?
Median gross rent is $1,181/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 31055004400?
14.1% of residents in tract 31055004400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,362.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 31055004400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 5th, minority 37th, housing 48th.
Q5
Is tract 31055004400 considered part of Blackstone?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 31055004400 fall within Blackstone (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 31055004400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 169 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 31055004400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.57% of renter households, peaking at 9.8% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 31055004400 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 31055004400 compare to Omaha overall?
Tract 31055004400 scores 4.3/10, 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 31055004400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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.
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