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Census Tract · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally

Springfield Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 31153010702 · Sarpy County, NE · pop 3,941 · 47% of tract blocks fall in Springfield

Census tract 31153010702 covers Springfield, home to 3,941 residents. For landlords it grades 3.9/10, a lower reading. That is riskier than about 10% of US census tracts.

About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,202 a month against an average household income of $105,408 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 10% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 7% Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,613
Renter share10.1%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate3.6%
Median income$105,408

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Springfield
Moderate
Within county
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 47 tracts In Sarpy County
Moderate
Within state
5 th percentile
Rank, 5th percentileLowHigh
#523 of 553 tracts In Nebraska
Very Low
National
7 th percentile
Rank, 7th percentileLowHigh
#78,212 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Springfield and the region

Centroid at 41.0844, -96.0823 · click any tract to drill in

Why Springfield scores 1.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Springfield
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Nebraska legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
3.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,202 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Springfield
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Springfield
4.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Springfield
4.4

How Springfield compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Springfield risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.61.6This tracttract 010702Springfield: 2.72.7Springfieldparent cityCounty: 2.02.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 17

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

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)

  • 41Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 2.90%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.7%Peak (2008)
  • 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 311530107022003: 3 filings (1.79/100 renter HHs)2006: 3 filings (2.42/100 renter HHs)2007: 4 filings (3.23/100 renter HHs)2008: 7 filings (5.65/100 renter HHs)2009: 4 filings (3.23/100 renter HHs)2010: 4 filings (2.26/100 renter HHs)2011: 6 filings (5.08/100 renter HHs)2012: 6 filings (5.08/100 renter HHs)2013: 2 filings (1.69/100 renter HHs)2015: 1 filings (0.85/100 renter HHs)2016: 1 filings (0.63/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 67% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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 Springfield

The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 5.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Springfield, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Sarpy County average of 4.1 and in line with the Nebraska statewide average of 3.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th 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, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 31153010702

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 31153010702?

Census tract 31153010702 in Springfield scores 1.6/10 (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 31153010702?

Median gross rent is $1,202/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 31153010702?

3.6% of residents in tract 31153010702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,941.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 31153010702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 23th, minority 9th, housing 44th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 31153010702?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 41 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 31153010702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.90% of renter households, peaking at 5.7% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 31153010702 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.0% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 31153010702 compare to Springfield overall?

Tract 31153010702 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of Springfield at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Springfield; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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