Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Adel Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 19049050700 · Dallas County, IA · pop 6,432 · 78% of tract blocks fall in Adel
With a score of 4.1/10, tract 19049050700 in Adel, IA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,432. Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.7/10.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,437
Renter share30.5%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate8.7%
Median income$97,292
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
71
th percentile
Elevated
National
44
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Adel and the region
Centroid at 41.6057, -94.0370 · click any tract to drill in
Why Adel scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Adel
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
8.7% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$842 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Adel
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Adel
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Adel
4.2
How Adel compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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)
- 44Total filings over 3 yrs
- 3.19%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2014)
- 16Filings 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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 7.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 24.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Adel
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. Against Dallas County at 33.1%, 41% of renters here are cost-burdened. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.2/10. Food insecurity runs 9.2% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 44 eviction filings across 3 observed years.
SNAP participation runs 7.6% against 15.2% nationally. At $842 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Adel commands.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 3.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.2% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #47,371 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 4.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 10% of average household income of $97,292, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Dallas County average of 4.0 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 19049050700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19049050700?
Census tract 19049050700 in Adel scores 4.1/10 (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 19049050700?
Median gross rent is $842/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19049050700?
8.7% of residents in tract 19049050700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,432.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19049050700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 34th, minority 15th, housing 77th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19049050700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 44 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 19049050700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.19% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19049050700 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19049050700 compare to Adel overall?
Tract 19049050700 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Adel at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Adel; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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