Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Dawson Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19049050500 · Dallas County, IA · pop 1,976 · 5% of tract blocks fall in Dawson
For landlords sizing up Dawson in Dallas County, census tract 19049050500 carries a lower eviction-risk score of 2.9/10. That is riskier than about 2% of US census tracts.
7% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,063 a month against an average household income of $77,500 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units826
Renter share16.1%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$77,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dawson and the region
Centroid at 41.7247, -94.1688 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dawson scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dawson
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,063 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dawson
1.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dawson
4.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dawson
2.0
How Dawson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%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)
- 4Total filings over 1 yrs
- 3.39%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2014)
- 4Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
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.
- 8.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.7%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 29.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dawson
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 4.4/10. 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 Dawson, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Dallas County average of 4.2 and below the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 4 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 3.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.4% of renter households in 2014.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 16th 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 19049050500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19049050500?
Census tract 19049050500 in Dawson 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 19049050500?
Median gross rent is $1,063/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 7% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19049050500?
7.4% of residents in tract 19049050500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,976.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19049050500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 14th, minority 11th, housing 9th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19049050500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 4 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 19049050500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.39% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19049050500 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.8% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19049050500 compare to Dawson overall?
Tract 19049050500 scores 2.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Dawson at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dawson; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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