Within neighborhood
13
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Benson Eviction Risk: Lower , Omaha
Tract 31055006400 · Douglas County, NE · pop 4,950 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 31055006400 covers Benson in Omaha, home to 4,950 residents. For landlords it grades 4.5/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than about 23% of US census tracts.
About 43% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,165 a month while the average household earns $75,288 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units2,475
Renter share33.2%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate4.0%
Median income$75,288
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
40
th percentile
Low
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Omaha and the region
Centroid at 41.2718, -96.0154 · click any tract to drill in
Why Benson scores 3.2
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
4.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,165 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 Benson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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)
- 401Total filings over 13 yrs
- 4.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.4%Peak (2005)
- 26Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 16% 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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.1%Food insecurity
- 6.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 14.2%Frequent mental distress
- 23.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Benson
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 4.2/10. 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 8.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.7% 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 A ("Best"), 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 31055006400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 31055006400?
Census tract 31055006400 in the Benson neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 31055006400?
Median gross rent is $1,165/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 31055006400?
4.0% of residents in tract 31055006400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,950.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 31055006400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 37th, minority 19th, housing 15th.
Q5
Is tract 31055006400 considered part of Benson?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 31055006400 fall within Benson (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 31055006400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 401 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 31055006400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.50% of renter households, peaking at 7.4% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 31055006400 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 31055006400 compare to Omaha overall?
Tract 31055006400 scores 3.2/10, right in line with 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 31055006400 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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