Manville Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Iowa City

Against Johnson County at 49.2%, 79% of renters here are cost-burdened. Annualized rent equals 66% of average household income of $22,273, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 78%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 96% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Food insecurity runs 35.3% against 17.8% nationally. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Johnson County average of 4.1.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 29 filings here across 3 tracked years.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. At $1,226 a month, rents run 12% over what the rest of Iowa City commands. The worst year on record was 2005, when 2.3% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.