Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally
Hiawatha Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19113000205 · Linn County, IA · pop 5,063 · 40% of tract blocks fall in Hiawatha
The Moderate-tier score of 4.3/10 for census tract 19113000205 reflects conditions in Hiawatha in Linn County, Iowa. That is riskier than about 18% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 0% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,275 a month against an average household income of $165,486 a year, roughly 9% of income at the averages. Renters make up 3% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units1,751
Renter share2.5%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate2.6%
Median income$165,486
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
National
8
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hiawatha and the region
Centroid at 42.0538, -91.7293 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hiawatha scores 1.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hiawatha
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
2.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,275 rent vs county FMR
7.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hiawatha
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hiawatha
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hiawatha
5.8
How Hiawatha compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 11%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)
- 30Total filings over 7 yrs
- 9.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.7%Peak (2013)
- 6Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% 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.
- 5.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.4%Food insecurity
- 4.5%SNAP enrollment
- 4.0%Transit barriers
- 3.8%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 21.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hiawatha
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 7.8/10. 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 Hiawatha eviction risk, 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 5.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 2nd 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 19113000205
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19113000205?
Census tract 19113000205 in Hiawatha scores 1.7/10 (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 19113000205?
Median gross rent is $1,275/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19113000205?
2.6% of residents in tract 19113000205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,063.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19113000205?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 8th, minority 7th, housing 11th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19113000205?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 30 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 19113000205 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.66% of renter households, peaking at 10.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19113000205 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.6% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19113000205 compare to Hiawatha overall?
Tract 19113000205 scores 1.7/10, lower than the parent city of Hiawatha at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hiawatha eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hiawatha
Top eight tracts in Hiawatha ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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