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Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally

Wellington Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Cedar Rapids

Tract 19113001700 · Linn County, IA · pop 6,891 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

How risky is Wellington Heights in Cedar Rapids for landlords? Census tract 19113001700 scores 4.9/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 57% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,015 a month while the average household earns $84,250 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 10% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units2,528
Renter share22.7%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$84,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Wellington Heights
Very Low
Within parent city
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 35 tracts In Cedar Rapids
Low
Within county
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#30 of 54 tracts In Linn County
Moderate
Within state
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#533 of 896 tracts In Iowa
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cedar Rapids and the region

Centroid at 41.9849, -91.6423 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wellington Heights scores 2.8

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
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,015 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 Wellington Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wellington Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.82.8This tracttract 001700Cedar Rapids: 2.42.4Cedar Rapidsparent cityCounty: 3.03.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.33.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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)

  • 803Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 19.44%Avg annual filing rate
  • 27.7%Peak (2014)
  • 124Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 191130017002002: 124 filings (15.88/100 renter HHs)2004: 99 filings (12.68/100 renter HHs)2005: 96 filings (12.66/100 renter HHs)2006: 103 filings (13.59/100 renter HHs)2013: 127 filings (27.08/100 renter HHs)2014: 130 filings (27.72/100 renter HHs)2015: 124 filings (26.44/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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

What moves this score most is supply constraint at 5.2/10. 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 Cedar Rapids eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 803 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 19.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 27.7% of renter households in 2014.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 63rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 19113001700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19113001700?

Census tract 19113001700 in the Wellington Heights neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (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 19113001700?

Median gross rent is $1,015/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 19113001700?

9.7% of residents in tract 19113001700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,891.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 19113001700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 77th, minority 49th, housing 60th.
Q5

Is tract 19113001700 considered part of Wellington Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19113001700 fall within Wellington Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19113001700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 803 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 19113001700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.44% of renter households, peaking at 27.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 19113001700 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.0% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 19113001700 compare to Cedar Rapids overall?

Tract 19113001700 scores 2.8/10, higher than the parent city of Cedar Rapids at 2.4/10. 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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