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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Cotner College Eviction Risk: Lower , Lincoln

Tract 31109001102 · Lancaster County, NE · pop 3,314 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 31109001102 sits in the Cotner College area of Lincoln eviction risk, NE, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 3,314. 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 5% Stable renters 9% Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,450
Renter share13.9%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$80,675

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Cotner College
Moderate
Within parent city
15 th percentile
Rank, 15th percentileLowHigh
#65 of 76 tracts In Lincoln
Very Low
Within county
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#55 of 81 tracts In Lancaster County
Low
Within state
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#360 of 553 tracts In Nebraska
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lincoln and the region

Centroid at 40.8316, -96.6182 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cotner College scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lincoln
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Nebraska legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$880 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lincoln
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lincoln
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lincoln
3.0

How Cotner College compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cotner College risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0011023.6Lincolnparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 20

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 224Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 5.52%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.2%Peak (2006)
  • 9Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 31109001102
Filings climbed 29% over the past 14 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cotner College

Running cool, economic stress reads 1.3/10. 33% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Lancaster County average of 43.9%.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. At $880 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Lincoln commands.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 224 filings here across 14 tracked years. SNAP participation runs 7.1% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 9.9% against 17.8% nationally.

It sits 0.8 points below the Lancaster County average of 3.8. The worst year on record was 2006, when 11.2% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Lincoln. 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 5.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 31109001102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 31109001102?

Census tract 31109001102 in the Cotner College 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 31109001102?

Median gross rent is $880/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 31109001102?

5.0% of residents in tract 31109001102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,314.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 31109001102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 33th, minority 28th, housing 24th.
Q5

Is tract 31109001102 considered part of Cotner College?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 31109001102 fall within Cotner College (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 31109001102?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 224 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 31109001102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.52% of renter households, peaking at 11.2% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 31109001102 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.2% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 31109001102 compare to Lincoln overall?

Tract 31109001102 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Lincoln at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lincoln eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 31109001102 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lincoln

Top eight tracts in Lincoln ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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