Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Benson Eviction Risk: Lower , Omaha
Tract 31055005500 · Douglas County, NE · pop 5,376 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
31055005500 is a census tract in the Benson area of Omaha, NE. It scores 3/10 for landlords. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,078
Renter share27.9%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$120,714
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Omaha and the region
Centroid at 41.2772, -95.9952 · click any tract to drill in
Why Benson scores 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
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,325 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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 Benson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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.
- 88%Grade A
- 12%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)
- 336Total filings over 13 yrs
- 5.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.3%Peak (2009)
- 22Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Benson. 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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.4%Food insecurity
- 7.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 14.2%Frequent mental distress
- 22.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Benson
The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
Cost burden runs 36% here against 44.0% across Douglas County. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.4/10.
It sits 0.9 points below the Douglas County average of 3.9. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 336 filings here across 13 tracked years.
SNAP participation runs 7.3% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 10.4% against 17.8% nationally. At $1,325 a month, rents run 12% over what the rest of Omaha commands.
The worst year on record was 2009, when 6.3% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped A ("Best") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Omaha. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 5.3% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 31055005500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 31055005500?
Census tract 31055005500 in the Benson neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 31055005500?
Median gross rent is $1,325/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 31055005500?
9.7% of residents in tract 31055005500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,376.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 31055005500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 11th, minority 28th, housing 7th.
Q5
Is tract 31055005500 considered part of Benson?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 31055005500 fall within Benson (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 31055005500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 336 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 31055005500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.27% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 31055005500 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 31055005500 compare to Omaha overall?
Tract 31055005500 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Omaha at 3.7/10. 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 31055005500 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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