Within parent city
9
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Ankeny Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19153010211 · Polk County, IA · pop 3,850 · 93% of tract blocks fall in Ankeny
19153010211 is a census tract in Ankeny, IA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,850. The severe-burden share is 42%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,825
Renter share22.0%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$92,708
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
11
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 41.7256, -93.5769 · 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
$1,488 rent vs county FMR
7.2
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: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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)
- 74Total filings over 10 yrs
- 1.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2006)
- 11Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 27% 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
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.3%Food insecurity
- 5.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 5.3%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ankeny
Cost burden runs 60% here against 42.0% across Polk County. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.1/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. The voucher gap is 22.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. SNAP participation runs 5.4% against 15.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 74 evictions over 10 years of observation. Housing insecurity runs 6.4% against 14.2% nationally. It sits 0.8 points below the Polk County average of 3.8.
Average gross rent is $1,488, 13% above the Ankeny average. Filings peaked in 2006 at 3.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153010211
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153010211?
Census tract 19153010211 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 19153010211?
Median gross rent is $1,488/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153010211?
4.5% of residents in tract 19153010211 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,850.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153010211?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 41th, minority 8th, housing 71th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153010211?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 74 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 19153010211 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.81% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19153010211 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19153010211 compare to Ankeny overall?
Tract 19153010211 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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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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