Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Urbandale Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19153010404 · Polk County, IA · pop 4,495
19153010404 is a census tract in Urbandale, IA. It scores 3.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,495 residents. 27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,684
Renter share27.3%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$95,682
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Urbandale and the region
Centroid at 41.6460, -93.7265 · click any tract to drill in
Why Urbandale scores 3.3
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
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,135 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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)
- 309Total filings over 10 yrs
- 6.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.9%Peak (2014)
- 54Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 116% 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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.5%Food insecurity
- 8.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 27.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Urbandale
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Cost burden runs 48% here against 42.0% across Polk County.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.6/10. The filing record is not thin: 309 evictions over 10 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 10.5% against 17.8% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 11.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.2% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 27th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6/10. Against average income of $95,682, annual rent is just 14%.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153010404
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153010404?
Census tract 19153010404 in Urbandale scores 3.3/10 (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 19153010404?
Median gross rent is $1,135/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153010404?
11.7% of residents in tract 19153010404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,495.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153010404?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 74th, minority 37th, housing 58th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153010404?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 309 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 19153010404 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.25% of renter households, peaking at 11.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19153010404 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19153010404 compare to Urbandale overall?
Tract 19153010404 scores 3.3/10, right in line with 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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