Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Mitchellville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19153010702 · Polk County, IA · pop 6,114 · 27% of tract blocks fall in Mitchellville
Tract 19153010702, home to 6,114 residents in Mitchellville in Polk County, scores 4.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 21% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
26% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $781 monthly, set against $106,993 in average yearly household income, roughly 9% of income at the averages. Renters make up 8% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units2,354
Renter share7.7%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$106,993
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
National
7
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mitchellville and the region
Centroid at 41.5899, -93.3874 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mitchellville scores 1.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mitchellville
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$781 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mitchellville
3.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mitchellville
4.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mitchellville
3.8
How Mitchellville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 9%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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)
- 64Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.07%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.6%Peak (2012)
- 11Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 120% 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.
- 9.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.9%Food insecurity
- 9.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 26.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mitchellville
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 4.1/10. 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 Mitchellville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Polk County average of 5.0 and in line with the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 64 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 2.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.6% of renter households in 2012.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153010702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153010702?
Census tract 19153010702 in Mitchellville scores 1.6/10 (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 19153010702?
Median gross rent is $781/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153010702?
3.4% of residents in tract 19153010702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,114.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153010702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 9th, minority 13th, housing 69th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153010702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 64 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 19153010702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.07% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19153010702 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.4% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19153010702 compare to Mitchellville overall?
Tract 19153010702 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of Mitchellville at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mitchellville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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