Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Southern Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Lincoln
Tract 31109003708 · Lancaster County, NE · pop 3,756 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 31109003708 covers part of the Southern Hills area of Lincoln, NE, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,756 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,750
Renter share41.4%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$94,853
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lincoln and the region
Centroid at 40.7480, -96.6731 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southern Hills scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,367 rent vs county FMR
7.2
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 Southern Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%Housing & transportation
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)
- 48Total filings over 14 yrs
- 0.55%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.1%Peak (2015)
- 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% 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.
- 5.5%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.6%Food insecurity
- 4.5%SNAP enrollment
- 4.1%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 11.2%Frequent mental distress
- 25.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Southern Hills
Against Lancaster County at 43.9%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
At $1,367 a month, rents run 26% over what the rest of Lincoln commands. Running cool, economic stress reads 2/10.
The voucher gap is 21.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Food insecurity runs 6.6% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 4.5% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 48 filings here across 14 tracked years.
It sits 0.8 points below the Lancaster County average of 3.8. The worst year on record was 2015, when 1.1% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 0.5% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 31109003708
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 31109003708?
Census tract 31109003708 in the Southern Hills 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 31109003708?
Median gross rent is $1,367/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 31109003708?
7.9% of residents in tract 31109003708 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,756.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 31109003708?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 24th, minority 22th, housing 42th.
Q5
Is tract 31109003708 considered part of Southern Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 31109003708 fall within Southern Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 31109003708?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 48 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 31109003708 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.55% of renter households, peaking at 1.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 31109003708 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.5% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 31109003708 compare to Lincoln overall?
Tract 31109003708 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.
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