Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Grimes Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19153011303 · Polk County, IA · pop 7,528 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Grimes
Census tract 19153011303 belongs to Grimes, Iowa. It is home to 7,528 residents and scores 4.8/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 32% of US census tracts.
About 33% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,047 monthly, set against $85,647 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 31% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units3,075
Renter share31.0%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$85,647
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
14
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Grimes and the region
Centroid at 41.6672, -93.7830 · click any tract to drill in
Why Grimes scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Grimes
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,047 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Grimes
2.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Grimes
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Grimes
3.4
How Grimes compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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.
- 9.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.3%Food insecurity
- 8.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 23.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Grimes
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Grimes eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Polk County average of 5.0 and above the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 44th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153011303
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153011303?
Census tract 19153011303 in Grimes scores 2.1/10 (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 19153011303?
Median gross rent is $1,047/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153011303?
4.5% of residents in tract 19153011303 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,528.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153011303?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 38th, minority 18th, housing 87th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 19153011303 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.2% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 19153011303 compare to Grimes overall?
Tract 19153011303 scores 2.1/10, lower than the parent city of Grimes at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Grimes eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Grimes
Top eight tracts in Grimes ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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