Within neighborhood
63
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Benson Eviction Risk: Moderate , Omaha
Tract 31055005800 · Douglas County, NE · pop 4,806 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 31055005800 belongs to the Benson area of Omaha, Nebraska. It is home to 4,806 residents and scores $1/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 38% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 52% of renter households, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $811 a month against an average household income of $65,467 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 22% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,791
Renter share21.6%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate15.7%
Median income$65,467
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Omaha and the region
Centroid at 41.2900, -95.9891 · click any tract to drill in
Why Benson 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
15.7% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$811 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Benson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%Housing & transportation
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.
- 16%Grade A
- 58%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)
- 1,326Total filings over 13 yrs
- 17.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.9%Peak (2002)
- 92Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 35% 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.
- 14.3%Housing insecurity
- 9.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.6%Food insecurity
- 13.3%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 12.0%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 26.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Benson
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 3.9/10. 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 67th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 31055005800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 31055005800?
Census tract 31055005800 in the Benson 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 31055005800?
Median gross rent is $811/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 31055005800?
15.7% of residents in tract 31055005800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,806.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 31055005800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 77th, minority 73th, housing 65th.
Q5
Is tract 31055005800 considered part of Benson?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 31055005800 fall within Benson (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 31055005800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,326 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 31055005800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.75% of renter households, peaking at 22.9% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 31055005800 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.3% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 31055005800 compare to Omaha overall?
Tract 31055005800 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 31055005800 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.
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