Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Ankeny Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 19153010215 · Polk County, IA · pop 6,565 · 75% of tract blocks fall in Ankeny

19153010215 is a census tract in Ankeny, IA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Against Polk County at 42.0%, 17% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 4% Owners 95%

Tract context

Occupied units2,111

Renter share5.0%

SVI overall0.00

Poverty rate0.9%

Median income$152,221

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Ankeny and the region

Centroid at 41.7525, -93.6707 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ankeny scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

0.9% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,351 rent vs county FMR

6.1

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: 0

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

0%Socioeconomic
7%Household composition
1%Racial/ethnic minority
5%Housing & transportation

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.

6.6%Housing insecurity
4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
6.2%Food insecurity
4.6%SNAP enrollment
4.2%Transit barriers
4.1%No health insurance
15.6%Frequent mental distress
18.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ankeny

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Disability prevalence runs 18.3% against 31.5% nationally. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. SNAP participation runs 4.6% against 15.2% nationally.

Against the Polk County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

At 5% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $152,221, annual rent is just 11%.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 19153010215

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153010215?

Census tract 19153010215 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.

What is the average rent in tract 19153010215?

Median gross rent is $1,351/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 19153010215?

0.9% of residents in tract 19153010215 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,565.

How socially vulnerable is tract 19153010215?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 0th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 7th, minority 1th, housing 5th.

What share of households in tract 19153010215 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.6% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 19153010215 compare to Ankeny overall?

Tract 19153010215 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Ankeny

Top eight tracts in Ankeny ranked by composite eviction-risk score.