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Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

Sunset Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lincoln

Tract 31109002200 · Lancaster County, NE · pop 5,678 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

31109002200 is a census tract in the Sunset Heights area of Lincoln, NE. It scores 4/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,678 residents. Against Lancaster County at 43.9%, roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 38% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units2,263
Renter share54.4%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$62,310

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Sunset Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#35 of 76 tracts In Lincoln
Moderate
Within county
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#34 of 81 tracts In Lancaster County
Elevated
Within state
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#172 of 553 tracts In Nebraska
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lincoln and the region

Centroid at 40.7922, -96.7094 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sunset Heights scores 4

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
10.5% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$792 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Sunset Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Sunset Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.0This tracttract 0022003.6Lincolnparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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)

  • 1,066Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 5.92%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.6%Peak (2012)
  • 70Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 31109002200
Filings dropped 22% 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 Sunset Heights

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. 20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Average gross rent is $792, 27% below the Lincoln average. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2/10.

Court records carry 1,066 eviction filings across 14 observed years. The worst year on record was 2012, when 6.6% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 5.9% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 31109002200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 31109002200?

Census tract 31109002200 in the Sunset Heights neighborhood scores 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 31109002200?

Median gross rent is $792/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 31109002200?

10.5% of residents in tract 31109002200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,678.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 31109002200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 86th, minority 57th, housing 61th.
Q5

Is tract 31109002200 considered part of Sunset Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 31109002200 fall within Sunset Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 31109002200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,066 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 31109002200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.92% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 31109002200 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.3% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 31109002200 compare to Lincoln overall?

Tract 31109002200 scores 4/10, higher 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 31109002200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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