Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
East Omaha Eviction Risk: Lower , Council Bluffs
Tract 19155021200 · Pottawattamie County, IA · pop 3,780 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
East Omaha in Council Bluffs is where census tract 19155021200 sits, home to 3,780 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.7/10. It lands near the 65th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
61% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,115 monthly, set against $75,037 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,389
Renter share15.7%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate15.2%
Median income$75,037
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Council Bluffs and the region
Centroid at 41.2885, -95.9169 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Omaha scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Council Bluffs
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
15.2% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,115 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Council Bluffs
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Council Bluffs
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Council Bluffs
7.2
How East Omaha compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 7%Grade B
- 15%Grade C
- 2%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 176Total filings over 4 yrs
- 11.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.7%Peak (2012)
- 45Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 61% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within East Omaha. 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.
- 12.7%Housing insecurity
- 8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.2%Food insecurity
- 15.6%SNAP enrollment
- 9.1%Transit barriers
- 9.7%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 33.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Omaha
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 7.5/10. 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 Council Bluffs eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Pottawattamie County average of 4.9 and above the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Part of this tract, about 2% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 19155021200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19155021200?
Census tract 19155021200 in the East Omaha neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 19155021200?
Median gross rent is $1,115/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19155021200?
15.2% of residents in tract 19155021200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,780.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19155021200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 94th, minority 38th, housing 52th.
Q5
Is tract 19155021200 considered part of East Omaha?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19155021200 fall within East Omaha (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19155021200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 176 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 19155021200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.11% of renter households, peaking at 15.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 19155021200 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.7% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 19155021200 compare to Council Bluffs overall?
Tract 19155021200 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Council Bluffs at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Council Bluffs eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 19155021200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 2% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Related