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Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally

Council Bluffs Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 19155031400 · Pottawattamie County, IA · pop 3,973

Tract 19155031400 covers Council Bluffs in Iowa. Home to 3,973 residents, it scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 43% of US census tracts.

38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,115 a month while the average household earns $71,101 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 24% Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,437
Renter share39.5%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$71,101

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#13 of 22 tracts In Council Bluffs
Moderate
Within county
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#15 of 30 tracts In Pottawattamie County
Moderate
Within state
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#368 of 896 tracts In Iowa
Elevated
National
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#51,553 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Council Bluffs and the region

Centroid at 41.2018, -95.8882 · click any tract to drill in

Why Council Bluffs scores 3.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Council Bluffs
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,115 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Council Bluffs
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Council Bluffs
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Council Bluffs
5.8

How Council Bluffs compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Council Bluffs risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.43.4This tracttract 031400Council Bluffs: 2.62.6Council Bluffsparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.33.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 61

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 64Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 2.57%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.3%Peak (2012)
  • 11Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2011 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 191550314002011: 15 filings (2.41/100 renter HHs)2012: 27 filings (4.33/100 renter HHs)2013: 11 filings (1.77/100 renter HHs)2014: 11 filings (1.77/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 27% over the past 4 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Council Bluffs

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength 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 about the same as 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 61st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.4% 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 19155031400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19155031400?

Census tract 19155031400 in Council Bluffs scores 3.4/10 (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 19155031400?

Median gross rent is $1,115/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 19155031400?

10.7% of residents in tract 19155031400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,973.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 19155031400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 89th, minority 38th, housing 57th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19155031400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 64 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 19155031400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.57% of renter households, peaking at 4.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 19155031400 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.1% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 19155031400 compare to Council Bluffs overall?

Tract 19155031400 scores 3.4/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Council Bluffs

Top eight tracts in Council Bluffs ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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