Within neighborhood
88
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally
Benson Eviction Risk: Moderate , Omaha
Tract 31055006303 · Douglas County, NE · pop 3,032 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Tract 31055006303 covers the Benson area of Omaha in Nebraska. Home to 3,032 residents, it scores 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #64,994 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 33% of renter households, a high level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,052 a month against an average household income of $48,011 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 64% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 42%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,085
Renter share63.7%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate14.0%
Median income$48,011
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
79
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Omaha and the region
Centroid at 41.2965, -96.0047 · click any tract to drill in
Why Benson scores 4.4
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
14.0% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,052 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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.
- 0%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)
- 631Total filings over 13 yrs
- 11.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.9%Peak (2006)
- 53Filings 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.
- 27.2%Housing insecurity
- 20.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 40.9%Food insecurity
- 38.2%SNAP enrollment
- 19.8%Transit barriers
- 20.5%No health insurance
- 21.0%Frequent mental distress
- 41.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Benson
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 3.5/10. 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 safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 27.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 20.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 31055006303
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 31055006303?
Census tract 31055006303 in the Benson neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 31055006303?
Median gross rent is $1,052/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 31055006303?
14.0% of residents in tract 31055006303 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,032.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 31055006303?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 97th, minority 78th, housing 74th.
Q5
Is tract 31055006303 considered part of Benson?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 31055006303 fall within Benson (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 31055006303?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 631 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 31055006303 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.59% of renter households, peaking at 13.9% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 31055006303 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.2% 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. 20.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 31055006303 compare to Omaha overall?
Tract 31055006303 scores 4.4/10, 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 31055006303 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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