2 census tracts · pop 6,931 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.3/10
· range 3.1–3.6
Lower Beaver is a 2-tract neighborhood of Des Moines, IA and houses 6,931 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.3/10, Lower tier. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
27% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent. On the softer side is economic stress, at 1.6/10.
Filings are well documented here: 822 across 2 observed tracts. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.5/10. Filing activity peaked in 2012 at 25.2% of renter households.
At $982 a month, rents sit 10% under what the rest of Des Moines commands. The most recent observed rate, 11.1% in 2015, is well off that peak.
That places it #36 of 44 neighborhoods in Des Moines. At 25% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. Rent takes 16% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Its 2 tracts score within 0.5 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Lower Beaver vs Des MoinesHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority59%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport41%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Lower Beaver
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
822Total filings (sum)
13.47%Avg annual filing rate
25.2%Peak year (2012)
10.83%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Lower Beaver
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
11.0%Housing insecurity
6.9%Utility shutoff threat
14.0%Food insecurity
11.1%SNAP enrollment
7.8%No health insurance
27.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Lower Beaver
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Lower Beaver?
Lower Beaver scores 3.3/10 (Lower 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 Lower Beaver compare to Des Moines overall?
Lower Beaver scores 0.1 points lower than Des Moines overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 27% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $982 vs $1,090.
Q3
What is the average rent in Lower Beaver?
Average gross rent in Lower Beaver is $982/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Lower Beaver residents are renters?
25% of Lower Beaver households are renter-occupied (vs 40% in Des Moines). The neighborhood has 6,931 residents.
Q5
Is Lower Beaver a high social-vulnerability area?
Lower Beaver sits in the 49th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Lower Beaver have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Lower Beaver is census tract 19153000704 (score 3.6/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.1 to 3.6, a spread of 0.5 points.
Q7
How safe is Lower Beaver for landlords?
Lower Beaver carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.3/10). 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Lower Beaver?
Lower Beaver has 6,671 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (62.2%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (17.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (8.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
