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Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Wellington Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cedar Rapids

Tract 19113001300 · Linn County, IA · pop 3,808 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Tract 19113001300 sits in the Wellington Heights area of Cedar Rapids eviction risk, IA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.6/10. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 35% Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,765
Renter share59.4%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate23.6%
Median income$46,198

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Wellington Heights
Very High
Within parent city
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 35 tracts In Cedar Rapids
Very High
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 54 tracts In Linn County
Very High
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#154 of 896 tracts In Iowa
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cedar Rapids and the region

Centroid at 41.9982, -91.6664 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wellington Heights scores 4.6

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
23.6% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$796 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Wellington Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wellington Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.6This tracttract 0013003.2Cedar Rapidsparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 52

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)

  • 411Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 8.17%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.9%Peak (2005)
  • 50Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 19113001300
Filings climbed 19% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Wellington Heights. 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 Wellington Heights

Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.5/10. At $796 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Cedar Rapids commands.

The filing record is not thin: 411 evictions over 7 years of observation. It sits 0.9 points above the Linn County average of 3.7. Filings peaked in 2005 at 12.9% of renter households.

In a typical year about 8.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.7/10.

Statewide the IA average is 3.7, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 40% of renters.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 19113001300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19113001300?

Census tract 19113001300 in the Wellington Heights neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 19113001300?

Median gross rent is $796/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 19113001300?

23.6% of residents in tract 19113001300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,808.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 19113001300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 4th, minority 44th, housing 81th.
Q5

Is tract 19113001300 considered part of Wellington Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19113001300 fall within Wellington Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19113001300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 411 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 19113001300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.17% of renter households, peaking at 12.9% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 19113001300 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.4% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 19113001300 compare to Cedar Rapids overall?

Tract 19113001300 scores 4.6/10, 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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