Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Perry Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 19049050300 · Dallas County, IA · pop 4,351 · 91% of tract blocks fall in Perry
Census tract 19049050300 covers part of Perry, IA, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,351 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 7.8/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,818
Renter share41.9%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate14.8%
Median income$63,382
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Perry and the region
Centroid at 41.8425, -94.0933 · click any tract to drill in
Why Perry scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Perry
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
14.8% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$898 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Perry
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Perry
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Perry
4.9
How Perry compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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)
- 48Total filings over 3 yrs
- 2.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2014)
- 16Filings in 2015 (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.
- 14.7%Housing insecurity
- 9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.4%Food insecurity
- 16.8%SNAP enrollment
- 10.0%Transit barriers
- 13.4%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 36.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Perry
Against the Dallas County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
39% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Dallas County average of 33.1%. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.4/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 48 filings here across 3 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 3.4% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.2/10. Against average income of $63,382, annual rent is just 17%.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 19049050300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19049050300?
Census tract 19049050300 in Perry scores 5.4/10 (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 19049050300?
Median gross rent is $898/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19049050300?
14.8% of residents in tract 19049050300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,351.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19049050300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 88th, minority 44th, housing 91th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19049050300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 48 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 19049050300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.60% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19049050300 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.7% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19049050300 compare to Perry overall?
Tract 19049050300 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Perry at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Perry eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Perry
Top eight tracts in Perry ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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