Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Marion Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19113000400 · Linn County, IA · pop 5,335
Census tract 19113000400 belongs to Marion, Iowa. It is home to 5,335 residents and scores 5.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
62% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,336 a month against an average household income of $74,089 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 14% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,993
Renter share14.4%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate6.5%
Median income$74,089
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Marion and the region
Centroid at 42.0414, -91.5885 · click any tract to drill in
Why Marion scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Marion
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
6.5% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,336 rent vs county FMR
8.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Marion
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Marion
5.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Marion
5.2
How Marion compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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)
- 94Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.57%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.3%Peak (2013)
- 15Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 150% over the past 7 months.
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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.5%Food insecurity
- 7.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 26.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Marion
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 8.5/10. 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 Marion eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Linn County average of 4.7 and above the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 21st 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 94 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 5.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.3% of renter households in 2013.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 19113000400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19113000400?
Census tract 19113000400 in Marion scores 2.5/10 (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 19113000400?
Median gross rent is $1,336/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19113000400?
6.5% of residents in tract 19113000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,335.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19113000400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 52th, minority 16th, housing 10th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19113000400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 94 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 19113000400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.57% of renter households, peaking at 10.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19113000400 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19113000400 compare to Marion overall?
Tract 19113000400 scores 2.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Marion at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Marion eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Marion
Top eight tracts in Marion ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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2.9
/ 10 · Low
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19113000500
2.5
/ 10 · Low
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19113000300
2.3
/ 10 · Low
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19113000102
2.1
/ 10 · Low
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19113010500
2
/ 10 · Low
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19113000101
1.9
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · IA
19113000208
1.7
/ 10 · Very Low
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