Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
DeWitt Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19045000900 · Clinton County, IA · pop 6,417 · 60% of tract blocks fall in DeWitt
For landlords sizing up DeWitt in Clinton County, census tract 19045000900 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 41% of renter households, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $952 a month while the average household earns $84,539 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 19% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units2,529
Renter share18.9%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$84,539
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across DeWitt and the region
Centroid at 41.8116, -90.4840 · click any tract to drill in
Why DeWitt scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from DeWitt
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$952 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from DeWitt
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from DeWitt
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from DeWitt
4.3
How DeWitt compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%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)
- 20Total filings over 4 yrs
- 0.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.0%Peak (2003)
- 6Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 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.
- 7.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.3%Food insecurity
- 7.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 26.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in DeWitt
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. 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 DeWitt, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Clinton County average of 5.0 and above the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 20 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 0.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.0% of renter households in 2003.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 27th 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 19045000900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19045000900?
Census tract 19045000900 in DeWitt scores 2.4/10 (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 19045000900?
Median gross rent is $952/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19045000900?
7.2% of residents in tract 19045000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,417.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19045000900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 46th, minority 9th, housing 53th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19045000900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 19045000900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.75% of renter households, peaking at 1.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19045000900 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.5% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19045000900 compare to DeWitt overall?
Tract 19045000900 scores 2.4/10, right in line with the parent city of DeWitt at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from DeWitt; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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