Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Urbandale Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19153010407 · Polk County, IA · pop 4,356
With a score of 3/10, tract 19153010407 in Urbandale, IA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,356. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,627
Renter share11.2%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate4.0%
Median income$138,194
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Urbandale and the region
Centroid at 41.6406, -93.7462 · click any tract to drill in
Why Urbandale scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Urbandale
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
4.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,255 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Urbandale
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Urbandale
5.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Urbandale
3.8
How Urbandale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%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)
- 45Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.30%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2013)
- 1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 6.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.7%Food insecurity
- 5.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.1%Transit barriers
- 4.2%No health insurance
- 13.8%Frequent mental distress
- 21.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Urbandale
31% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Polk County average of 42.0%. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Food insecurity runs 6.7% against 17.8% nationally. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
SNAP participation runs 5.0% against 15.2% nationally. Court records carry 45 eviction filings across 10 observed years.
It sits 0.8 points below the Polk County average of 3.8. The worst year on record was 2013, when 4.5% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 11% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
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 19153010407
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153010407?
Census tract 19153010407 in Urbandale 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 19153010407?
Median gross rent is $1,255/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153010407?
4.0% of residents in tract 19153010407 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,356.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153010407?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 18th, minority 18th, housing 5th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153010407?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 45 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 19153010407 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.30% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19153010407 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.0% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19153010407 compare to Urbandale overall?
Tract 19153010407 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Urbandale at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Urbandale eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Urbandale
Top eight tracts in Urbandale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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