Within parent city
61
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Ames Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 19169001302 · Story County, IA · pop 5,715 · 59% of tract blocks fall in Ames
Census tract 19169001302 covers part of Ames, IA, and scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units2,997
Renter share62.6%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate17.3%
Median income$61,316
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ames and the region
Centroid at 41.9779, -93.6327 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ames scores 5.5
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
17.3% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,202 rent vs county FMR
6.4
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: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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)
- 133Total filings over 9 yrs
- 2.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.6%Peak (2005)
- 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 52% 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.
- 7.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.7%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 5.3%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 24.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ames
18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.9/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8/10.
Against the Story County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Average gross rent is $1,202, 17% above the Ames average.
Food insecurity runs 8.7% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 133 evictions over 9 years of observation. The voucher gap is 13.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Housing insecurity runs 7.0% against 14.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2005 at 2.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 19169001302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19169001302?
Census tract 19169001302 in Ames scores 5.5/10 (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 19169001302?
Median gross rent is $1,202/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19169001302?
17.3% of residents in tract 19169001302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,715.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19169001302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 9th, minority 31th, housing 71th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19169001302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 133 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 19169001302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.11% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19169001302 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.0% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19169001302 compare to Ames overall?
Tract 19169001302 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Ames at 5/10. 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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