Manville Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Iowa City
Tract 19103002100 · Johnson County, IA · pop 4,418 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
For landlords sizing up the Manville Heights area of Iowa City, census tract 19103002100 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. On the national scale it ranks #32,662 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 79% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 60% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,226 monthly, set against $22,273 in average yearly household income, roughly 66% of income at the averages. Renters make up 96% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Iowa City and the region
Centroid at 41.6613, -91.5361 · click any tract to drill in
Why Manville Heights scores 6.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Manville Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%Housing & transportation
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)
- 29Total filings over 3 yrs
- 1.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.3%Peak (2005)
- 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Manville Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 19.6%Housing insecurity
- 16.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.3%Food insecurity
- 36.5%SNAP enrollment
- 23.0%Transit barriers
- 11.7%No health insurance
- 30.7%Frequent mental distress
- 39.6%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Manville Heights
What moves this score most is economic stress 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 Iowa City eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Johnson County average of 4.7 and above the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 19.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 29 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 1.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.3% of renter households in 2005.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
About tract 19103002100
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19103002100?
What is the average rent in tract 19103002100?
What is the poverty rate in tract 19103002100?
How socially vulnerable is tract 19103002100?
Is tract 19103002100 considered part of Manville Heights?
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19103002100?
What share of households in tract 19103002100 struggle to pay rent?
How does tract 19103002100 compare to Iowa City overall?
Highest-risk tracts in Iowa City
Top eight tracts in Iowa City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.