Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Dexter Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19049050600 · Dallas County, IA · pop 3,286 · 19% of tract blocks fall in Dexter
Census tract 19049050600 covers part of Dexter, IA, and scores 3.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,286. Cost burden runs about one in five here against 33.1% across Dallas County.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,286
Renter share9.6%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$95,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dexter and the region
Centroid at 41.5650, -94.1424 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dexter scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dexter
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$811 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dexter
1.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dexter
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dexter
1.8
How Dexter compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 12
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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
- 1.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.2%Peak (2015)
- 6Filings 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.
- 7.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.2%Food insecurity
- 6.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 5.2%No health insurance
- 14.6%Frequent mental distress
- 25.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dexter
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.3/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.7/10.
Food insecurity runs 8.2% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 6.5% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 11 filings here across 3 tracked years.
The severe-burden share is 8%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against the Dallas County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 2.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 10% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 2.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 19049050600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19049050600?
Census tract 19049050600 in Dexter scores 3.2/10 (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 19049050600?
Median gross rent is $811/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19049050600?
2.3% of residents in tract 19049050600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,286.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19049050600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 23th, minority 11th, housing 34th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19049050600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 11 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 19049050600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.36% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19049050600 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.3% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19049050600 compare to Dexter overall?
Tract 19049050600 scores 3.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Dexter at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dexter; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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