Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Altoona Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19153010709 · Polk County, IA · pop 4,326 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Altoona
Tract 19153010709 sits in Altoona eviction risk, IA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.6/10. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.6/10.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,696
Renter share17.5%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$87,578
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Altoona and the region
Centroid at 41.6427, -93.4543 · click any tract to drill in
Why Altoona scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Altoona
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,115 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Altoona
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Altoona
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Altoona
4.1
How Altoona compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%Housing & transportation
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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.0%Food insecurity
- 7.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 24.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Altoona
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Against Polk County at 42.0%, 35% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10. The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 7.1% against 15.2% nationally. At $1,115 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Altoona commands. On the national scale it lands near the 33rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 2.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $87,578, annual rent is just 15%.
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 19153010709
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153010709?
Census tract 19153010709 in Altoona scores 3.6/10 (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 19153010709?
Median gross rent is $1,115/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153010709?
6.3% of residents in tract 19153010709 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,326.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153010709?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 67th, minority 17th, housing 14th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 19153010709 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 19153010709 compare to Altoona overall?
Tract 19153010709 scores 3.6/10, lower than the parent city of Altoona at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Altoona eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Altoona
Top eight tracts in Altoona ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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