Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally
Kirkwood Glen Eviction Risk: Moderate , Des Moines
Tract 19153001100 · Polk County, IA · pop 4,935 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 5.8/10, tract 19153001100 in Kirkwood Glen in Des Moines ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,935 residents. It lands near the 68th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
54% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,031 monthly, set against $40,563 in average yearly household income, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 74% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units1,555
Renter share73.8%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate35.0%
Median income$40,563
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Des Moines and the region
Centroid at 41.6075, -93.6514 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kirkwood Glen scores 5.8
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
35.0% poverty · this tract
8.7
Supply constraint
$1,031 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Kirkwood Glen compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 1%Grade A
- 66%Grade B
- 33%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)
- 773Total filings over 10 yrs
- 10.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.9%Peak (2008)
- 63Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% 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.
- 22.5%Housing insecurity
- 16.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.8%Food insecurity
- 31.2%SNAP enrollment
- 18.4%Transit barriers
- 14.0%No health insurance
- 26.4%Frequent mental distress
- 38.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kirkwood Glen
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 8.7/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Des Moines eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Polk County average of 5.0 and above the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 22.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 773 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 10.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 19.9% of renter households in 2008.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153001100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153001100?
Census tract 19153001100 in the Kirkwood Glen neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 19153001100?
Median gross rent is $1,031/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153001100?
35.0% of residents in tract 19153001100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,935.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153001100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 35th, minority 69th, housing 95th.
Q5
Is tract 19153001100 considered part of Kirkwood Glen?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19153001100 fall within Kirkwood Glen (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153001100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 773 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 19153001100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.61% of renter households, peaking at 19.9% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 19153001100 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.5% 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. 16.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 19153001100 compare to Des Moines overall?
Tract 19153001100 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Des Moines at 2.6/10. 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 19153001100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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