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Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally

Perry Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 19049050400 · Dallas County, IA · pop 3,542 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Perry

Census tract 19049050400 runs through Perry in Dallas County. With 3,542 residents, it scores 3.6/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 6% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 13% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $857 a month against an average household income of $64,366 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 32% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 28% Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,284
Renter share32.1%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$64,366

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Perry
Very Low
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 19 tracts In Dallas County
Very High
Within state
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#533 of 896 tracts In Iowa
Moderate
National
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#61,757 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Perry and the region

Centroid at 41.8389, -94.1175 · click any tract to drill in

Why Perry scores 2.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Perry
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$857 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Perry
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Perry
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Perry
4.9

How Perry compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Perry risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.82.8This tracttract 050400Perry: 2.72.7Perryparent cityCounty: 2.02.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.33.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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)

  • 24Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 1.87%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.8%Peak (2015)
  • 12Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2012 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 190490504002012: 5 filings (1.17/100 renter HHs)2014: 7 filings (1.64/100 renter HHs)2015: 12 filings (2.81/100 renter HHs)
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 Perry

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.8/10. 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 Perry eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Dallas County average of 4.2 and below the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 84th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 16.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.6% 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 19049050400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19049050400?

Census tract 19049050400 in Perry scores 2.8/10 (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 19049050400?

Median gross rent is $857/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 13% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 19049050400?

7.0% of residents in tract 19049050400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,542.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 19049050400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 83th, minority 66th, housing 90th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19049050400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 24 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 19049050400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.87% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 19049050400 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.6% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 19049050400 compare to Perry overall?

Tract 19049050400 scores 2.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Perry at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Perry eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Perry

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

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