Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Somerset Eviction Risk: Moderate , Des Moines
Tract 19153004702 · Polk County, IA · pop 2,810 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
19153004702 is a census tract in the Somerset area of Des Moines, IA. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,810 residents. Cost burden runs 57% here against 42.0% across Polk County.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units1,325
Renter share76.1%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate18.6%
Median income$39,913
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
90
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Des Moines and the region
Centroid at 41.5192, -93.6111 · click any tract to drill in
Why Somerset scores 4.8
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
18.6% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,055 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Somerset compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%Housing & transportation
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)
- 1,562Total filings over 10 yrs
- 27.30%Avg annual filing rate
- 29.8%Peak (2012)
- 162Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 110% 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.
- 21.5%Housing insecurity
- 15.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.8%Food insecurity
- 29.5%SNAP enrollment
- 14.8%Transit barriers
- 14.2%No health insurance
- 22.7%Frequent mental distress
- 37.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Somerset
The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
This is renter territory: 76% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. SNAP participation runs 29.5% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 29.8% against 17.8% nationally. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 1.0 points above the Polk County average of 3.8.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,562 filings here across 10 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2012, when 29.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 27.3% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
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 19153004702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153004702?
Census tract 19153004702 in the Somerset neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 19153004702?
Median gross rent is $1,055/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153004702?
18.6% of residents in tract 19153004702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,810.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153004702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 89th, minority 59th, housing 99th.
Q5
Is tract 19153004702 considered part of Somerset?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19153004702 fall within Somerset (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153004702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,562 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 19153004702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 27.30% of renter households, peaking at 29.8% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 19153004702 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.5% 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. 15.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 19153004702 compare to Des Moines overall?
Tract 19153004702 scores 4.8/10, higher 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.
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