2 census tracts · pop 8,362 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.4/10
· range 4.2–4.8
Drake spans 2 census tracts of Des Moines, IA and houses 8,362 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4.4/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Against a Des Moines baseline of 29.6%, 43% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
28% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.5/10. Filings are well documented here: 988 across 2 observed tracts.
Running cool is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 9.6% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,019, 7% below the Des Moines average of $1,090.
That places it #27 of 44 neighborhoods in Des Moines. Judgments average 2.6% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
For a like-for-like read, Somerset and Watrous South score within a fraction of it. Rent takes 19% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.6 points apart at the extremes. 46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Drake vs Des MoinesHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority42%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport68%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Drake
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
988Total filings (sum)
6.38%Avg annual filing rate
9.6%Peak year (2015)
8.37%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Drake
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
10.8%Housing insecurity
7.3%Utility shutoff threat
12.7%Food insecurity
10.5%SNAP enrollment
6.7%No health insurance
25.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Drake
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Drake?
Drake scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Drake compare to Des Moines overall?
Drake scores 1.0 points higher than Des Moines overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,019 vs $1,090.
Q3
What is the average rent in Drake?
Average gross rent in Drake is $1,019/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Drake residents are renters?
46% of Drake households are renter-occupied (vs 40% in Des Moines). The neighborhood has 8,362 residents.
Q5
Is Drake a high social-vulnerability area?
Drake sits in the 58th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Drake have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Drake is census tract 19153002800 (score 4.8/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.2 to 4.8, a spread of 0.6 points.
Q7
How safe is Drake for landlords?
Drake carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.4/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 Drake?
Drake has 7,798 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (79%), Other / Multiracial (7.3%), Black (non-Hispanic) (6.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
