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Kenwood Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cedar Rapids

Tract 19113000800 · Linn County, IA · pop 4,349 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

19113000800 is a census tract in the Kenwood Park area of Cedar Rapids, IA. It scores 4.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,349. Against Linn County at 41.7%, 27% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 36% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units2,129
Renter share49.2%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate17.6%
Median income$60,260

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Kenwood Park
Very High
Within parent city
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#11 of 35 tracts In Cedar Rapids
Elevated
Within county
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#11 of 54 tracts In Linn County
High
Within state
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#188 of 896 tracts In Iowa
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cedar Rapids and the region

Centroid at 42.0206, -91.6569 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kenwood Park scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Cedar Rapids
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
17.6% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,012 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cedar Rapids
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cedar Rapids
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cedar Rapids
2.5

How Kenwood Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Kenwood Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.5This tracttract 0008003.2Cedar Rapidsparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 39

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

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)

  • 375Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 6.23%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.9%Peak (2005)
  • 54Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 19113000800
Filings climbed 23% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Kenwood Park. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kenwood Park

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.5/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 375 filings here across 7 tracked years. It sits 0.8 points above the Linn County average of 3.7. Filings peaked in 2005 at 12.9% of renter households.

In a typical year about 6.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,012, close to the Cedar Rapids average.

Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $60,260. 49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 19113000800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19113000800?

Census tract 19113000800 in the Kenwood Park neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 19113000800?

Median gross rent is $1,012/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 19113000800?

17.6% of residents in tract 19113000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,349.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 19113000800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 55th, minority 35th, housing 17th.
Q5

Is tract 19113000800 considered part of Kenwood Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19113000800 fall within Kenwood Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19113000800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 375 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 19113000800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.23% of renter households, peaking at 12.9% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 19113000800 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.9% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 19113000800 compare to Cedar Rapids overall?

Tract 19113000800 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Cedar Rapids at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cedar Rapids eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cedar Rapids

Top eight tracts in Cedar Rapids ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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