Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Ankeny Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19153010209 · Polk County, IA · pop 5,913 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Ankeny
How risky is Ankeny for landlords? Census tract 19153010209 scores $1/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 39th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
37% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,238 a month while the average household earns $89,107 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units2,616
Renter share39.9%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate1.5%
Median income$89,107
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
12
th percentile
Very Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ankeny and the region
Centroid at 41.7391, -93.5855 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ankeny scores 2
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
1.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,238 rent vs county FMR
5.2
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: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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)
- 194Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2015)
- 56Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 211% 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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.9%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 22.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ankeny
What moves this score most is 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 about the same as 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 194 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 2.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.7% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153010209
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153010209?
Census tract 19153010209 in Ankeny scores 2/10 (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 19153010209?
Median gross rent is $1,238/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153010209?
1.5% of residents in tract 19153010209 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,913.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153010209?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 12th, minority 11th, housing 25th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153010209?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 194 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 19153010209 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.75% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19153010209 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19153010209 compare to Ankeny overall?
Tract 19153010209 scores 2/10, lower than 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ankeny
Top eight tracts in Ankeny ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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19153010601
3.4
/ 10 · Low
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19153010208
2.5
/ 10 · Low
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19153010207
2.4
/ 10 · Low
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19153010211
2
/ 10 · Low
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1.9
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · IA
19153010212
1.8
/ 10 · Very Low
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Prairie Trail
1.7
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · IA
19153010216
1.6
/ 10 · Very Low
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