Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
West Des Moines Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 19153011113 · Polk County, IA · pop 2,421
19153011113 is a census tract in West Des Moines, IA. It scores 4.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,421. Against Polk County at 42.0%, 25% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 43%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,001
Renter share57.3%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate12.8%
Median income$84,816
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
76
th percentile
High
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across West Des Moines and the region
Centroid at 41.5924, -93.7809 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Des Moines scores 4.3
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
12.8% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,134 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 West Des Moines compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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)
- 129Total filings over 10 yrs
- 1.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.2%Peak (2006)
- 1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 98% 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.
- 10.2%Housing insecurity
- 6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.3%Food insecurity
- 9.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 7.0%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 24.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Des Moines
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10. Court records carry 129 eviction filings across 10 observed years. The worst year on record was 2006, when 7.2% of renter households were served.
At $1,134 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of West Des Moines commands. In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.1/10. Against average income of $84,816, annual rent is just 16%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Polk County average of 3.8 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153011113
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153011113?
Census tract 19153011113 in West Des Moines scores 4.3/10 (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 19153011113?
Median gross rent is $1,134/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153011113?
12.8% of residents in tract 19153011113 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,421.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153011113?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 10th, minority 32th, housing 67th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153011113?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 129 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 19153011113 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.80% of renter households, peaking at 7.2% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19153011113 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.2% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19153011113 compare to West Des Moines overall?
Tract 19153011113 scores 4.3/10, 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.
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