Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Melbourne Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19127950300 · Marshall County, IA · pop 3,547 · 8% of tract blocks fall in Melbourne
19127950300 is a census tract in Melbourne, IA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,547 residents. Against Marshall County at 29.1%, roughly one in eight of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,421
Renter share18.9%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$86,989
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Melbourne and the region
Centroid at 41.9275, -93.0482 · click any tract to drill in
Why Melbourne scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Melbourne
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$973 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Melbourne
2.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Melbourne
5.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Melbourne
2.9
How Melbourne compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 2%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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)
- 36Total filings over 12 yrs
- 1.30%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.6%Peak (2008)
- 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 33% over the past 12 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.
- 7.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.2%Food insecurity
- 6.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 5.3%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 25.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Melbourne
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. At $973 a month, rents run 29% over what the rest of Melbourne commands. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.4/10. Food insecurity runs 8.2% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 6.4% against 15.2% nationally. Court records carry 36 eviction filings across 12 observed years. It sits 0.7 points below the Marshall County average of 3.7.
The worst year on record was 2008, when 2.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.3% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 19% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 19127950300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19127950300?
Census tract 19127950300 in Melbourne scores 3/10 (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 19127950300?
Median gross rent is $973/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19127950300?
3.4% of residents in tract 19127950300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,547.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19127950300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 17th, minority 2th, housing 36th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19127950300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 36 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 19127950300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.30% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19127950300 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.4% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19127950300 compare to Melbourne overall?
Tract 19127950300 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Melbourne at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Melbourne; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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