Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Greenwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Des Moines
Tract 19153003200 · Polk County, IA · pop 2,871 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
19153003200 is a census tract in the Greenwood area of Des Moines, IA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,871 residents. 35% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,330
Renter share36.9%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$120,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
31
th percentile
Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Des Moines and the region
Centroid at 41.5794, -93.6635 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greenwood scores 3
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
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,280 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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 Greenwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 84%Grade A
- 9%Grade B
- 1%Grade C
- 6%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)
- 110Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2007)
- 12Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 20% over the past 10 months.
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.
- 4.7%Housing insecurity
- 3.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.6%Food insecurity
- 4.1%SNAP enrollment
- 3.7%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 12.1%Frequent mental distress
- 25.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Greenwood
56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Polk County average of 42.0%. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.8/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. SNAP participation runs 4.1% against 15.2% nationally. At $1,280 a month, rents run 17% over what the rest of Des Moines commands.
The filing record is not thin: 110 evictions over 10 years of observation. Against the Polk County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.
Adults with no health insurance runs 4.0% against 11.3% nationally. Filings peaked in 2007 at 4.0% of renter households.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153003200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153003200?
Census tract 19153003200 in the Greenwood neighborhood 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 19153003200?
Median gross rent is $1,280/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153003200?
7.1% of residents in tract 19153003200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,871.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153003200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 36th, minority 18th, housing 80th.
Q5
Is tract 19153003200 considered part of Greenwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19153003200 fall within Greenwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153003200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 110 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 19153003200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.26% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 19153003200 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.7% 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. 3.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 19153003200 compare to Des Moines overall?
Tract 19153003200 scores 3/10, lower 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 19153003200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 6% 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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