Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #80,791 of 84,120 nationally
Waukee Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19049050817 · Dallas County, IA · pop 6,980 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Waukee
Tract 19049050817, home to 6,980 residents in Waukee, scores 4.2/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 16% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 31% of renter households, a high level, and 1% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,211 a month while the average household earns $136,566 a year, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units2,654
Renter share20.4%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$136,566
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
3
th percentile
Very Low
National
4
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Waukee and the region
Centroid at 41.5907, -93.8655 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waukee scores 1.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Waukee
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,211 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Waukee
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Waukee
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Waukee
4.3
How Waukee compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%Housing & transportation
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.
- 6.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.7%Food insecurity
- 4.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.5%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 14.2%Frequent mental distress
- 17.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Waukee
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.6/10. 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 Waukee eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Dallas County average of 4.2 and in line with the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 19th 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 19049050817
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19049050817?
Census tract 19049050817 in Waukee scores 1.3/10 (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 19049050817?
Median gross rent is $1,211/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19049050817?
5.8% of residents in tract 19049050817 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,980.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19049050817?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 31th, minority 39th, housing 21th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 19049050817 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.7% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 19049050817 compare to Waukee overall?
Tract 19049050817 scores 1.3/10, lower than the parent city of Waukee at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Waukee eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Waukee
Top eight tracts in Waukee ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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