2 census tracts · pop 7,668 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.6/10
· range 4.1–5
Crosby Park is a 2-tract neighborhood of Marshalltown, IA and houses 7,668 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4.6/10, Moderate tier. 26% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent.
The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.2/10. The filing record is not thin: 378 evictions logged in this tract.
On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 7.1/10. The poverty rate is 17%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Severe burden reaches 10%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. At $765 a month, rents sit 14% under what the rest of Marshalltown commands. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 6.0% of renter households.
Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 3/10. Judgments average 3.5% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.6/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Rent takes 15% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.9 points apart at the extremes. 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
With little internal variation, 4.6/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Crosby Park vs MarshalltownHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
25.6%+11%
Marshalltown: 23.0%
Average gross rent
$765-14%
Marshalltown: $891
Average HH income
$60,221-13%
Marshalltown: $68,854
Poverty rate
16.7%+19%
Marshalltown: 14.0%
Renter share
42.4%+36%
Marshalltown: 31.2%
Geographic context
Risk heat across Crosby Park and the region
Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 4.1–5
Why Crosby Park scores 4.6
9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.3–2.3 across tracts
2.3
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 4.6–4.6 across tracts
4.6
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 5.2–5.2 across tracts
5.2
Rent control risk
26% of income on rent · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 2.2–2.2 across tracts
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
42% renter households · Range 7.1–7.1 across tracts
7.1
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts
5.0
Economic stress
16.7% below poverty line · Range 3.3–4.8 across tracts
4.2
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.4–3.9 across tracts
3.0
Risk score comparison
Crosby Park vs. parent city, state, U.S.
Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).
Census tracts
2 tracts in Crosby Park
Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority56%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport93%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Crosby Park
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
378Total filings (sum)
4.33%Avg annual filing rate
6.0%Peak year (2015)
6.04%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Crosby Park
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
14.3%Housing insecurity
9.5%Utility shutoff threat
19.8%Food insecurity
17.0%SNAP enrollment
13.7%No health insurance
34.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Crosby Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Crosby Park?
Crosby Park scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Crosby Park compare to Marshalltown overall?
Crosby Park scores 0.9 points higher than Marshalltown overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 26% of income on rent vs 23% citywide. Average rent: $765 vs $891.
Q3
What is the average rent in Crosby Park?
Average gross rent in Crosby Park is $765/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Crosby Park residents are renters?
42% of Crosby Park households are renter-occupied (vs 31% in Marshalltown). The neighborhood has 7,668 residents.
Q5
Is Crosby Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Crosby Park sits in the 84th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Crosby Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Crosby Park is census tract 19127950600 (score 5/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.1 to 5, a spread of 0.9 points.
Q7
How safe is Crosby Park for landlords?
Crosby Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.6/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Marshalltown as a whole (3.7/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Crosby Park?
Crosby Park has 7,780 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (60.5%), Hispanic / Latino (21.4%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (9.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
