Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Urbandale Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19153010410 · Polk County, IA · pop 2,763
Census tract 19153010410 covers part of Urbandale, IA, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. 30% 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
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units889
Renter share10.6%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$110,580
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
10
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 41.6330, -93.7268 · 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
10.5% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,185 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.0%Food insecurity
- 6.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 24.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Urbandale
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10. Cost burden runs 50% here against 42.0% across Polk County. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.6/10. Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 6.9% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 0.8 points below the Polk County average of 3.8. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 2.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $110,580, annual rent is just 13%.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,185, close to the Urbandale average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153010410
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153010410?
Census tract 19153010410 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 19153010410?
Median gross rent is $1,185/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153010410?
10.5% of residents in tract 19153010410 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,763.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153010410?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 84th, minority 38th, housing 21th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 19153010410 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 19153010410 compare to Urbandale overall?
Tract 19153010410 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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