Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Galway Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Iowa City

Tract 19103000402 · Johnson County, IA · pop 4,702 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

19103000402 is a census tract in the Galway Hills area of Iowa City, IA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,702. Severe burden reaches 39%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 15% Owners 63%

Tract context

Occupied units1,970

Renter share36.9%

SVI overall0.20

Poverty rate9.1%

Median income$125,385

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Iowa City and the region

Centroid at 41.6550, -91.6112 · click any tract to drill in

Why Galway Hills scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Iowa City

7.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.2

State political climate

Iowa legislature & governorship

2.3

Economic stress

9.1% poverty · this tract

2.3

Supply constraint

$1,419 rent vs county FMR

7.8

Rent control risk

Inherited from Iowa City

2.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Iowa City

5.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Iowa City

3.5

How Galway Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 20

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

19%Socioeconomic
2%Household composition
42%Racial/ethnic minority
71%Housing & transportation

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.

5.5%Housing insecurity
3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
6.5%Food insecurity
4.4%SNAP enrollment
4.4%Transit barriers
3.9%No health insurance
13.0%Frequent mental distress
18.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Galway Hills

Against Johnson County at 49.2%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened. The voucher gap is 28.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Average gross rent is $1,419, 30% above the Iowa City average. The dominant input is supply constraint at 7.8/10. Disability prevalence runs 18.1% against 31.5% nationally.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.3/10. SNAP participation runs 4.4% against 15.2% nationally.

Against the Johnson County average of 4.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 2.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Against average income of $125,385, annual rent is just 14%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. 37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 19103000402

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19103000402?

Census tract 19103000402 in the Galway Hills neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 19103000402?

Median gross rent is $1,419/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 19103000402?

9.1% of residents in tract 19103000402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,702.

How socially vulnerable is tract 19103000402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 2th, minority 42th, housing 71th.

Is tract 19103000402 considered part of Galway Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19103000402 fall within Galway Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 19103000402 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.5% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 19103000402 compare to Iowa City overall?

Tract 19103000402 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Iowa City at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Iowa City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

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