Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Van Meter Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19049050902 · Dallas County, IA · pop 6,076 · 17% of tract blocks fall in Van Meter
Census tract 19049050902 sits in Van Meter in Dallas County, Iowa eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 3.6/10. That is riskier than about 6% of US census tracts.
About 23% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,101 a month against an average household income of $133,647 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units2,351
Renter share11.0%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate1.7%
Median income$133,647
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
1
th percentile
Very Low
National
2
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Van Meter and the region
Centroid at 41.5616, -93.9693 · click any tract to drill in
Why Van Meter scores 1.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Van Meter
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
1.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,101 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Van Meter
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Van Meter
2.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Van Meter
3.5
How Van Meter compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%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 2 yrs
- 4.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.8%Peak (2015)
- 10Filings 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
- 6.4%Food insecurity
- 4.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 4.2%No health insurance
- 13.9%Frequent mental distress
- 21.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Van Meter
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 4.6/10. 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 Van Meter, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 15 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 4.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.8% of renter households in 2015.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 6th 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.
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 19049050902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19049050902?
Census tract 19049050902 in Van Meter scores 1.1/10 (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 19049050902?
Median gross rent is $1,101/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19049050902?
1.7% of residents in tract 19049050902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,076.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19049050902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 32th, minority 16th, housing 20th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19049050902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 15 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 19049050902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.36% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19049050902 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 19049050902 compare to Van Meter overall?
Tract 19049050902 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Van Meter at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Van Meter; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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