Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Waukee Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19049050901 · Dallas County, IA · pop 3,176
How risky is Waukee in Dallas County for landlords? Census tract 19049050901 scores 4.8/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 32% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 56% of renter households, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,170 monthly, set against $97,402 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 26% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,415
Renter share26.4%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$97,402
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
14
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Waukee and the region
Centroid at 41.6088, -93.8819 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waukee scores 2.1
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
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,170 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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
- 5.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.2%Peak (2015)
- 27Filings 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.
- 8.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.3%Food insecurity
- 7.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 24.7%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 above the Dallas County average of 4.2 and above the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 48 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 5.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.2% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 19049050901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19049050901?
Census tract 19049050901 in Waukee scores 2.1/10 (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 19049050901?
Median gross rent is $1,170/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19049050901?
8.3% of residents in tract 19049050901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,176.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19049050901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 5th, minority 41th, housing 10th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19049050901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 48 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 19049050901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.42% of renter households, peaking at 9.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19049050901 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.4% 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 19049050901 compare to Waukee overall?
Tract 19049050901 scores 2.1/10, 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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