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Neighborhood · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally

Hillsdale Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lincoln

Tract 31109001700 · Lancaster County, NE · pop 4,618 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 31109001700 runs through the Hillsdale area of Lincoln. With 4,618 residents, it scores 4.6/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #62,721 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $675 monthly, set against $32,317 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 87% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 50% Owners 13%
Tract context
Occupied units2,775
Renter share87.1%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate26.4%
Median income$32,317

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Hillsdale
Moderate
Within parent city
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#6 of 76 tracts In Lincoln
Very High
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 81 tracts In Lancaster County
Very High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 553 tracts In Nebraska
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lincoln and the region

Centroid at 40.8032, -96.6895 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hillsdale scores 5.7

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
26.4% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$675 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Hillsdale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hillsdale risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.75.7This tracttract 001700Lincoln: 3.13.1Lincolnparent cityCounty: 3.63.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

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

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.

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)

  • 1,794Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 5.57%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.8%Peak (2012)
  • 122Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 311090017002002: 98 filings (4.00/100 renter HHs)2003: 82 filings (3.34/100 renter HHs)2005: 123 filings (5.43/100 renter HHs)2006: 127 filings (5.61/100 renter HHs)2007: 113 filings (4.99/100 renter HHs)2008: 140 filings (6.18/100 renter HHs)2009: 139 filings (6.14/100 renter HHs)2010: 117 filings (5.37/100 renter HHs)2011: 136 filings (5.82/100 renter HHs)2012: 158 filings (6.76/100 renter HHs)2013: 146 filings (6.25/100 renter HHs)2014: 147 filings (6.29/100 renter HHs)2015: 146 filings (6.25/100 renter HHs)2016: 122 filings (5.56/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 24% 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 Hillsdale

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 6.6/10. 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 Lincoln 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 Lancaster County average of 4.4 and above the Nebraska statewide average of 3.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 73rd 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.

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 31109001700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 31109001700?

Census tract 31109001700 in the Hillsdale neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 31109001700?

Median gross rent is $675/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 31109001700?

26.4% of residents in tract 31109001700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,618.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 31109001700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 67th, minority 56th, housing 48th.
Q5

Is tract 31109001700 considered part of Hillsdale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 31109001700 fall within Hillsdale (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 31109001700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,794 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 31109001700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.57% of renter households, peaking at 6.8% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 31109001700 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.7% 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. 13.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 31109001700 compare to Lincoln overall?

Tract 31109001700 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Lincoln at 3.1/10. 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 31109001700 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lincoln

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

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