Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Urbandale Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19153010406 · Polk County, IA · pop 3,736
19153010406 is a census tract in Urbandale, IA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,736. Cost burden runs 25% here against 42.0% across Polk County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,699
Renter share31.3%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$81,060
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
16
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 41.6343, -93.7623 · 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
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$990 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 9%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 11%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)
- 292Total filings over 10 yrs
- 5.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.0%Peak (2015)
- 47Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 74% 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.
- 7.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.2%Food insecurity
- 6.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 23.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Urbandale
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.2/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. At $990 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Urbandale commands.
Food insecurity runs 8.2% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 6.1% against 15.2% nationally.
9% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 292 filings here across 10 tracked years.
It sits 0.8 points below the Polk County average of 3.8. The worst year on record was 2015, when 9.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 5.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153010406
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153010406?
Census tract 19153010406 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 19153010406?
Median gross rent is $990/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153010406?
4.8% of residents in tract 19153010406 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,736.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153010406?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 21th, minority 22th, housing 11th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153010406?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 292 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 19153010406 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.91% of renter households, peaking at 9.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19153010406 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.5% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19153010406 compare to Urbandale overall?
Tract 19153010406 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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