Neighborhood · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Wandering Creek Eviction Risk: Lower , Lincoln
Tract 31109003718 ·
Lancaster County, NE · pop 3,677 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Eviction risk in the Wandering Creek area of Lincoln centers on tract 31109003718, which scores 4.3/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 3,677 residents. That is riskier than roughly 18% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 40% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,555 a month against an average household income of $122,409 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%Stable renters 10%Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,557
Renter share15.8%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate2.4%
Median income$122,409
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Wandering Creek
Moderate
Within parent city
5th percentile
#72 of 76 tracts In Lincoln
Very Low
Within county
13th percentile
#71 of 81 tracts In Lancaster County
Very Low
Within state
17th percentile
#458 of 553 tracts In Nebraska
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lincoln and the region
Centroid at 40.7842, -96.5870 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wandering Creek scores 2.3
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
2.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,555 rent vs county FMR
8.8
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 Wandering Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
5%Socioeconomic
50%Household composition
19%Racial/ethnic minority
14%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)
8Total filings over 6 yrs
2.35%Avg annual filing rate
4.9%Peak (2012)
2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year2002 to 2016
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.
4.5%Housing insecurity
3.2%Utility-shutoff threat
5.6%Food insecurity
3.7%SNAP enrollment
3.5%Transit barriers
5.0%No health insurance
10.0%Frequent mental distress
23.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wandering Creek
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 8.8/10. 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 safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 4.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 31109003718
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 31109003718?
Census tract 31109003718 in the Wandering Creek neighborhood scores 2.3/10 (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 31109003718?
Median gross rent is $1,555/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 31109003718?
2.4% of residents in tract 31109003718 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,677.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 31109003718?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 50th, minority 19th, housing 14th.
Q5
Is tract 31109003718 considered part of Wandering Creek?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 31109003718 fall within Wandering Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 31109003718?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 31109003718 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.35% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 31109003718 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.5% 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. 3.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 31109003718 compare to Lincoln overall?
Tract 31109003718 scores 2.3/10, lower 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.
Sibling tracts
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