Within parent city
46
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally
Ankeny Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19153010212 · Polk County, IA · pop 4,846 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Ankeny
Tract 19153010212 covers Ankeny in Iowa. Home to 4,846 residents, it scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #35,900 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
65% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,479 a month while the average household earns $98,375 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,725
Renter share10.6%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate1.7%
Median income$98,375
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
7
th percentile
Very Low
National
9
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ankeny and the region
Centroid at 41.7117, -93.5820 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ankeny scores 1.8
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
1.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,479 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: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 6%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)
- 258Total filings over 10 yrs
- 7.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 23.3%Peak (2015)
- 71Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 318% 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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.5%Food insecurity
- 7.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 24.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ankeny
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 7.2/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 258 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 7.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 23.3% of renter households in 2015.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 7th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153010212
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153010212?
Census tract 19153010212 in Ankeny scores 1.8/10 (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 19153010212?
Median gross rent is $1,479/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153010212?
1.7% of residents in tract 19153010212 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,846.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153010212?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 31th, minority 29th, housing 6th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153010212?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 258 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 19153010212 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.78% of renter households, peaking at 23.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19153010212 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19153010212 compare to Ankeny overall?
Tract 19153010212 scores 1.8/10, 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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3.4
/ 10 · Low
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2.5
/ 10 · Low
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19153010207
2.4
/ 10 · Low
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2
/ 10 · Low
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2
/ 10 · Low
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1.9
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.7
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.6
/ 10 · Very Low
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