Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Accent Eviction Risk: Moderate , Des Moines
Tract 19153001900 · Polk County, IA · pop 4,479 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 19153001900 covers part of the Accent area of Des Moines, IA, and scores 4.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,479. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,754
Renter share19.2%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$57,656
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Des Moines and the region
Centroid at 41.6087, -93.5464 · click any tract to drill in
Why Accent scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Des Moines
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,149 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Des Moines
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Des Moines
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Des Moines
2.5
How Accent compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 1%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 99%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 331Total filings over 10 yrs
- 8.79%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.0%Peak (2015)
- 51Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 24% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Accent. 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.
- 17.0%Housing insecurity
- 11.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.0%Food insecurity
- 21.3%SNAP enrollment
- 11.5%Transit barriers
- 12.7%No health insurance
- 21.2%Frequent mental distress
- 34.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Accent
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 331 filings here across 10 tracked years. Against the Polk County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.6 points.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 12.0% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Des Moines. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 8.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #42,813 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 19% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.5/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153001900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153001900?
Census tract 19153001900 in the Accent neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (Moderate 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 19153001900?
Median gross rent is $1,149/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153001900?
13.0% of residents in tract 19153001900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,479.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153001900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 91th, minority 48th, housing 41th.
Q5
Is tract 19153001900 considered part of Accent?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19153001900 fall within Accent (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153001900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 331 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 19153001900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.79% of renter households, peaking at 12.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 19153001900 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.0% 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. 11.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 19153001900 compare to Des Moines overall?
Tract 19153001900 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Des Moines at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Des Moines eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 19153001900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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