Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Ankeny Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19153010207 · Polk County, IA · pop 4,791 · 92% of tract blocks fall in Ankeny
With a score of 3.3/10, tract 19153010207 in Ankeny, IA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,791 residents. At $719 a month, rents run 45% under what the rest of Ankeny commands.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,943
Renter share40.4%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$94,330
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ankeny and the region
Centroid at 41.7300, -93.6394 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ankeny scores 3.3
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
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$719 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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)
- 159Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2010)
- 15Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 25% 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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.5%Food insecurity
- 7.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 23.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ankeny
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 159 filings here across 10 tracked years. Food insecurity runs 9.5% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 7.4% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2010 at 4.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.2/10.
Against average income of $94,330, annual rent is just 9%. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. 40% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153010207
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153010207?
Census tract 19153010207 in Ankeny scores 3.3/10 (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 19153010207?
Median gross rent is $719/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153010207?
10.4% of residents in tract 19153010207 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,791.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153010207?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 32th, minority 21th, housing 49th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153010207?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 159 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 19153010207 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.80% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19153010207 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19153010207 compare to Ankeny overall?
Tract 19153010207 scores 3.3/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ankeny
Top eight tracts in Ankeny ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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