Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Buffalo Eviction Risk: Moderate , Las Vegas
Tract 32003002939 · Clark, NV · pop 1,919 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
32003002939 is a census tract in the Buffalo area of Spring Valley, NV. It scores 4.5/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,919 residents. 37% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units650
Renter share7.1%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$118,974
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Las Vegas and the region
Centroid at 36.1366, -115.2520 · click any tract to drill in
Why Buffalo scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Las Vegas
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Nevada legislature & governorship
3.7
Economic stress
7.8% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Las Vegas
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Las Vegas
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Las Vegas
6.7
How Buffalo compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 62Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.38×Ratio to 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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.1%Food insecurity
- 7.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 31.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Buffalo
Against Clark County at 50.7%, 37% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2/10.
Food insecurity runs 10.1% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.9% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 51st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 7% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. It tracks the Clark County average of 4.7 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 32003002939
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 32003002939?
Census tract 32003002939 in the Buffalo neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 32003002939?
7.8% of residents in tract 32003002939 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,919.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 32003002939?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 27th, minority 59th, housing 43th.
Q4
Is tract 32003002939 considered part of Buffalo?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 32003002939 fall within Buffalo (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 32003002939 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.38× 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.
Q6
What share of households in tract 32003002939 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 32003002939 compare to Las Vegas overall?
Tract 32003002939 scores 4.5/10, 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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