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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Buffalo Eviction Risk: Moderate , Las Vegas

Tract 32003002916 · Clark, NV · pop 2,801 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 4.8/10, tract 32003002916 in the Buffalo area of Las Vegas, NV reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 24% Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,243
Renter share61.2%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate17.8%
Median income$66,629

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Buffalo
Very High
Within parent city
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#57 of 158 tracts In Las Vegas
Elevated
Within county
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#252 of 535 tracts In Clark
Moderate
Within state
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#307 of 779 tracts In Nevada
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Las Vegas and the region

Centroid at 36.1516, -115.2526 · click any tract to drill in

Why Buffalo scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Las Vegas
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Nevada legislature & governorship
3.7
Economic stress
17.8% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,463 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Las Vegas
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Las Vegas
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Las Vegas
3.5

How Buffalo compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Buffalo risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0029164.0Las Vegasparent city4.7Countyavg tract in county4.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 61

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 572Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 5.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.43×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Las Vegas, NV as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Buffalo. 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 Buffalo

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.9/10. 60% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Clark County average of 50.7%.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

It tracks the Clark County average of 4.7 closely. Average gross rent is $1,463, close to the Las Vegas average.

Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $66,629. 61% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 32003002916

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 32003002916?

Census tract 32003002916 in the Buffalo neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 32003002916?

Median gross rent is $1,463/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 32003002916?

17.8% of residents in tract 32003002916 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,801.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 32003002916?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 62th, minority 50th, housing 37th.
Q5

Is tract 32003002916 considered part of Buffalo?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 32003002916 fall within Buffalo (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 32003002916 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.43× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Las Vegas eviction risk, NV), 2020-2021.
Q7

What share of households in tract 32003002916 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.4% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 32003002916 compare to Las Vegas overall?

Tract 32003002916 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Las Vegas at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Las Vegas eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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