Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #80,791 of 84,120 nationally
Urbandale Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19153011304 · Polk County, IA · pop 4,934 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Urbandale
In Urbandale, census tract 19153011304 scores 4.9/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 32% of renter households, a high level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $201,250 a year. About 10% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,830
Renter share9.5%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate5.7%
Median income$201,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
3
th percentile
Very Low
National
4
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Urbandale and the region
Centroid at 41.6315, -93.7943 · click any tract to drill in
Why Urbandale scores 1.3
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
5.7% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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.
- 5.3%Housing insecurity
- 3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.4%Food insecurity
- 3.9%SNAP enrollment
- 3.7%Transit barriers
- 3.6%No health insurance
- 13.0%Frequent mental distress
- 20.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Urbandale
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 5.1/10. 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 Urbandale 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 5.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 15th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153011304
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153011304?
Census tract 19153011304 in Urbandale scores 1.3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 19153011304?
5.7% of residents in tract 19153011304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,934.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153011304?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 24th, minority 20th, housing 47th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 19153011304 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.3% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 19153011304 compare to Urbandale overall?
Tract 19153011304 scores 1.3/10, lower than the parent city of Urbandale at 2.5/10. 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.
Tract · IA
Merle Hay
2.8
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IA
Merle Hay
2.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IA
19153010404
2.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IA
Meredith
2.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IA
19153010406
2.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IA
19153010410
2.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IA
19153010407
1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · IA
19049050805
1.1
/ 10 · Very Low
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