Within parent city
0
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Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #83,884 of 84,120 nationally
Urbandale Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19049050803 · Dallas County, IA · pop 13,617 · 40% of tract blocks fall in Urbandale
Urbandale is where census tract 19049050803 sits, home to 13,617 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 3.7/10. That is riskier than about 8% of US census tracts.
15% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 2% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,491 a month against an average household income of $138,058 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 29% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units4,974
Renter share28.8%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate1.5%
Median income$138,058
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
0
th percentile
Very Low
National
0
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Urbandale and the region
Centroid at 41.6302, -93.8470 · click any tract to drill in
Why Urbandale scores 1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Urbandale
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
1.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,491 rent vs county FMR
7.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Urbandale
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Urbandale
5.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Urbandale
3.8
How Urbandale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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)
- 15Total filings over 3 yrs
- 3.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.4%Peak (2015)
- 8Filings 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.
- 6.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.2%Food insecurity
- 4.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.2%Transit barriers
- 4.2%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 18.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Urbandale
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 7.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Urbandale 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 8th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.2% 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 19049050803
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19049050803?
Census tract 19049050803 in Urbandale scores 1/10 (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 19049050803?
Median gross rent is $1,491/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19049050803?
1.5% of residents in tract 19049050803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 13,617.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19049050803?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 21th, minority 22th, housing 23th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19049050803?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 15 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 19049050803 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.40% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19049050803 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.3% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19049050803 compare to Urbandale overall?
Tract 19049050803 scores 1/10, lower than the parent city of Urbandale at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Urbandale eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Urbandale
Top eight tracts in Urbandale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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2.6
/ 10 · Low
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2.5
/ 10 · Low
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2.5
/ 10 · Low
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2.3
/ 10 · Low
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2.2
/ 10 · Low
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1.3
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
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