Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Center Point Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19113010200 · Linn County, IA · pop 4,674 · 31% of tract blocks fall in Center Point
Here is how census tract 19113010200, in Center Point, looks to a landlord: a 4.2/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 4,674. It lands near the 16th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 18% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $824 a month while the average household earns $91,786 a year, roughly 11% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,898
Renter share18.9%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate5.3%
Median income$91,786
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
14
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Center Point and the region
Centroid at 42.2189, -91.7665 · click any tract to drill in
Why Center Point scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Center Point
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
5.3% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$824 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Center Point
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Center Point
5.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Center Point
3.1
How Center Point compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%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)
- 37Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.43%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.4%Peak (2013)
- 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 133% over the past 7 months.
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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.4%Food insecurity
- 7.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 26.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Center Point
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 5.3/10. 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 Center Point, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Linn County average of 4.7 and in line with the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 4th 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 19113010200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19113010200?
Census tract 19113010200 in Center Point 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 19113010200?
Median gross rent is $824/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19113010200?
5.3% of residents in tract 19113010200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,674.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19113010200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 19th, minority 1th, housing 8th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19113010200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 37 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 19113010200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.43% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19113010200 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19113010200 compare to Center Point overall?
Tract 19113010200 scores 2.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Center Point at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Center Point; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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