Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Ankeny Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19153010212 · Polk County, IA · pop 4,846 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Ankeny
Census tract 19153010212 covers part of Ankeny, IA, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,846. 65% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Polk County average of 42.0%.
Risk score
3
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
12
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 41.7117, -93.5820 · 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
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
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. The voucher gap is 21.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
The filing record is not thin: 258 evictions over 10 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 9.5% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.3% against 15.2% nationally.
The severe-burden share is 8%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. It sits 0.8 points below the Polk County average of 3.8.
Average gross rent is $1,479, 12% above the Ankeny average. Filings peaked in 2015 at 23.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 7.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153010212
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153010212?
Census tract 19153010212 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 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 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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