Within parent city
91
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Ankeny Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19153010208 · Polk County, IA · pop 4,334
Census tract 19153010208 covers Ankeny, home to 4,334 residents. For landlords it grades 5.4/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 66% of renter households, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,004 a month against an average household income of $76,641 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,683
Renter share34.7%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$76,641
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ankeny and the region
Centroid at 41.7406, -93.6220 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ankeny scores 2.5
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
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,004 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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)
- 377Total filings over 10 yrs
- 7.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.1%Peak (2007)
- 30Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 42% 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.
- 9.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.2%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 6.1%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ankeny
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Ankeny eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Polk County average of 5.0 and above the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 40th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 377 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 7.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 13.1% of renter households in 2007.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153010208
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153010208?
Census tract 19153010208 in Ankeny scores 2.5/10 (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 19153010208?
Median gross rent is $1,004/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153010208?
6.9% of residents in tract 19153010208 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,334.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153010208?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 33th, minority 14th, housing 77th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153010208?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 377 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 19153010208 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.64% of renter households, peaking at 13.1% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19153010208 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.0% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19153010208 compare to Ankeny overall?
Tract 19153010208 scores 2.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Ankeny at 2.3/10. 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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