Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally
Ames Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 19169001000 · Story County, IA · pop 5,507
For landlords sizing up Ames, census tract 19169001000 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. It lands near the 61st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 44% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $984 monthly, set against $48,289 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 71% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units2,452
Renter share71.3%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate34.7%
Median income$48,289
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
National
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ames and the region
Centroid at 42.0175, -93.6026 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ames scores 6.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ames
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
34.7% poverty · this tract
8.7
Supply constraint
$984 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ames
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ames
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ames
8.0
How Ames compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%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)
- 261Total filings over 9 yrs
- 1.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.1%Peak (2005)
- 29Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 9 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.
- 12.8%Housing insecurity
- 8.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.6%Food insecurity
- 14.8%SNAP enrollment
- 11.7%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 21.7%Frequent mental distress
- 28.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ames
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. 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 Ames eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Story County average of 4.6 and above the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 261 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 1.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.1% of renter households in 2005.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.8% 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 19169001000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19169001000?
Census tract 19169001000 in Ames scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 19169001000?
Median gross rent is $984/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19169001000?
34.7% of residents in tract 19169001000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,507.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19169001000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 2th, minority 44th, housing 90th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19169001000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 261 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 19169001000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.91% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19169001000 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.8% 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. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19169001000 compare to Ames overall?
Tract 19169001000 scores 6.1/10, higher than the parent city of Ames at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ames eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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