3 census tracts · pop 8,879 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4/10
· range 3.1–4.4
Accent spans 3 census tracts of Des Moines, IA, population 8,879. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4/10, in the Moderate tier. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3.1 to 4.4, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. 32% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent.
Average gross rent is $1,299, 19% above the Des Moines average of $1,090. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.5/10. Filings are well documented here: 692 across 3 observed tracts.
On the softer side is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10. The severe-burden share is 8%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 23.0% of renter households.
Among the 44 mapped neighborhoods of Des Moines, it ranks #29 by risk, the middle third. Judgments average 3.6% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Only 22% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $65,805.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.3 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Accent vs Des MoinesHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority44%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport23%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Accent
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
692Total filings (sum)
9.64%Avg annual filing rate
23.0%Peak year (2015)
12.68%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Accent
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
14.6%Housing insecurity
9.6%Utility shutoff threat
19.1%Food insecurity
16.8%SNAP enrollment
11.1%No health insurance
32.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Accent
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Accent?
Accent scores 4/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Accent compare to Des Moines overall?
Accent scores 0.6 points higher than Des Moines overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 32% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,299 vs $1,090.
Q3
What is the average rent in Accent?
Average gross rent in Accent is $1,299/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Accent residents are renters?
22% of Accent households are renter-occupied (vs 40% in Des Moines). The neighborhood has 8,879 residents.
Q5
Is Accent a high social-vulnerability area?
Accent sits in the 47th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Accent have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Accent is census tract 19153001900 (score 4.4/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.1 to 4.4, a spread of 1.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Accent for landlords?
Accent carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Des Moines as a whole (3.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Accent?
Accent has 9,239 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (67.8%), Hispanic / Latino (16.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (8.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
