1 census tracts · pop 4,402 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.6/10
· range 4.6–4.6
Fairground maps to a single census tract in Des Moines, IA and houses 4,402 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.6/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 48% against 29.6% citywide, putting Fairground 18.3% over its own city.
The severe-burden share is 28%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.5/10. Court records for this tract carry 484 eviction filings. Running cool is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 11.2% of renter households. That places it #19 of 44 neighborhoods in Des Moines. Judgments average 4.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Social vulnerability runs high at 7.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Average gross rent runs $1,120, close to the Des Moines average.
Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $52,284. 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 4.6/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Fairground vs Des MoinesHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority57%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport27%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Fairground
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
484Total filings (sum)
9.91%Avg annual filing rate
11.2%Peak year (2015)
11.17%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Fairground
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
17.4%Housing insecurity
10.7%Utility shutoff threat
23.3%Food insecurity
19.7%SNAP enrollment
14.9%No health insurance
34.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Fairground
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Fairground?
Fairground scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 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 Fairground compare to Des Moines overall?
Fairground scores 1.2 points higher than Des Moines overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 48% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,120 vs $1,090.
Q3
What is the average rent in Fairground?
Average gross rent in Fairground is $1,120/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Fairground residents are renters?
30% of Fairground households are renter-occupied (vs 40% in Des Moines). The neighborhood has 4,402 residents.
Q5
Is Fairground a high social-vulnerability area?
Fairground sits in the 74th 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
How safe is Fairground for landlords?
Fairground carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.6/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Fairground?
Fairground has 4,261 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (51.1%), Hispanic / Latino (37.3%), Other / Multiracial (7.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
