Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Frisbie Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , West Des Moines
Tract 19153011111 · Polk County, IA · pop 5,356 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 19153011111 in the Frisbie Park area of West Des Moines, IA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units2,585
Renter share59.0%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate15.2%
Median income$49,129
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across West Des Moines and the region
Centroid at 41.5843, -93.7171 · click any tract to drill in
Why Frisbie Park scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from West Des Moines
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
15.2% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$991 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Des Moines
4.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Des Moines
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Des Moines
4.2
How Frisbie Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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)
- 334Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.0%Peak (2014)
- 40Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Frisbie Park. 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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.5%Food insecurity
- 10.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 27.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Frisbie Park
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Against the Polk County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10.
The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. At $991 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of West Des Moines commands. roughly one in two of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Polk County average of 42.0%.
The filing record is not thin: 334 evictions over 10 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2014 at 3.0% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.4/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153011111
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153011111?
Census tract 19153011111 in the Frisbie Park neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 19153011111?
Median gross rent is $991/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153011111?
15.2% of residents in tract 19153011111 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,356.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153011111?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 61th, minority 49th, housing 77th.
Q5
Is tract 19153011111 considered part of Frisbie Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19153011111 fall within Frisbie Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153011111?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 334 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 19153011111 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.15% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 19153011111 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 19153011111 compare to West Des Moines overall?
Tract 19153011111 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of West Des Moines at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Des Moines eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in West Des Moines
Top eight tracts in West Des Moines ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · IA
Frisbie Park
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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19153011114
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IA
19049050813
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IA
19049050815
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IA
19049050814
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IA
19153011113
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IA
19049050812
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IA
19049050818
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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