Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Rockwell Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19033951000 · Cerro Gordo County, IA · pop 2,725 · 12% of tract blocks fall in Rockwell
Tract 19033951000, home to 2,725 residents in Rockwell, scores 3.7/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 8% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 15% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $608 a month against an average household income of $62,083 a year, roughly 12% 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 2%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,079
Renter share16.4%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate10.9%
Median income$62,083
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rockwell and the region
Centroid at 42.9622, -93.2671 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rockwell scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rockwell
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.7
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
10.9% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$608 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rockwell
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rockwell
5.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rockwell
4.9
How Rockwell compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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)
- 28Total filings over 9 yrs
- 1.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2001)
- 3Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 57% 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.
- 8.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.6%Food insecurity
- 10.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 7.0%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 31.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rockwell
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 5.1/10. 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 Rockwell, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Cerro Gordo County average of 3.9 and below the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 28 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 1.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.2% of renter households in 2001.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 19033951000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19033951000?
Census tract 19033951000 in Rockwell 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 19033951000?
Median gross rent is $608/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19033951000?
10.9% of residents in tract 19033951000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,725.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19033951000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 61th, minority 7th, housing 29th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19033951000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 28 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 19033951000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.45% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19033951000 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.8% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19033951000 compare to Rockwell overall?
Tract 19033951000 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Rockwell at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rockwell; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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