Within parent city
27
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Ankeny Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19153010101 · Polk County, IA · pop 5,384 · 12% of tract blocks fall in Ankeny
19153010101 is a census tract in Ankeny, IA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs 27% here against 42.0% across Polk County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units2,040
Renter share4.9%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$139,643
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ankeny and the region
Centroid at 41.8054, -93.5107 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ankeny scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ankeny
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$874 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ankeny
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ankeny
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ankeny
3.4
How Ankeny 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.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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)
- 18Total filings over 8 yrs
- 1.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.4%Peak (2010)
- 3Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% over the past 10 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.
- 6.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.8%Food insecurity
- 5.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.4%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 20.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ankeny
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.1/10. Average gross rent is $874, 34% below the Ankeny average. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. Food insecurity runs 6.8% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 18 eviction filings across 8 observed years.
Housing insecurity runs 6.4% against 14.2% nationally. It sits 0.8 points below the Polk County average of 3.8. The worst year on record was 2010, when 2.4% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 1.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 5% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 1.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153010101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153010101?
Census tract 19153010101 in Ankeny 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 19153010101?
Median gross rent is $874/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153010101?
4.5% of residents in tract 19153010101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,384.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153010101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 21th, minority 5th, housing 17th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153010101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 18 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 19153010101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.24% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19153010101 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.4% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19153010101 compare to Ankeny overall?
Tract 19153010101 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Ankeny at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ankeny eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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