Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Dallas Center Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19049050200 · Dallas County, IA · pop 4,059 · 23% of tract blocks fall in Dallas Center
Tract 19049050200 sits in Dallas Center, IA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. It is home to 4,059 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.6/10.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,538
Renter share17.4%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate6.4%
Median income$93,831
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
National
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dallas Center and the region
Centroid at 41.7472, -94.0049 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dallas Center scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dallas Center
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
6.4% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$961 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dallas Center
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dallas Center
4.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dallas Center
4.2
How Dallas Center compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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)
- 11Total filings over 3 yrs
- 1.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.7%Peak (2014)
- 3Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.0%Food insecurity
- 7.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 27.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dallas Center
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Against Dallas County at 33.1%, 27% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.5/10. Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 11 filings here across 3 tracked years. SNAP participation runs 7.3% against 15.2% nationally.
At $961 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Dallas Center commands. The worst year on record was 2014, when 1.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 1.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.3/10. Rent consumes only 12% of average household income of $93,831, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 19049050200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19049050200?
Census tract 19049050200 in Dallas Center scores 3.7/10 (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 19049050200?
Median gross rent is $961/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19049050200?
6.4% of residents in tract 19049050200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,059.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19049050200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 45th, minority 7th, housing 62th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19049050200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 11 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 19049050200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.21% of renter households, peaking at 1.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19049050200 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19049050200 compare to Dallas Center overall?
Tract 19049050200 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Dallas Center at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dallas Center; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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