Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Central City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19113010300 · Linn County, IA · pop 3,646 · 21% of tract blocks fall in Central City
Tract 19113010300 covers Central City in Iowa. Home to 3,646 residents, it scores $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #73,850 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 28% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $745 monthly, set against $86,818 in average yearly household income, roughly 10% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,498
Renter share16.4%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate4.7%
Median income$86,818
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Central City and the region
Centroid at 42.1712, -91.5410 · click any tract to drill in
Why Central City scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Central City
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
4.7% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$745 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Central City
1.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Central City
2.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Central City
1.6
How Central City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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)
- 27Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.0%Peak (2006)
- 1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 67% 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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.4%Food insecurity
- 8.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 28.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Central City
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 2.5/10. 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 Central City, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Linn County average of 4.7 and in line with the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 14th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 19113010300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19113010300?
Census tract 19113010300 in Central City scores 2.2/10 (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 19113010300?
Median gross rent is $745/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19113010300?
4.7% of residents in tract 19113010300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,646.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19113010300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 32th, minority 1th, housing 17th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19113010300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 27 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 19113010300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.33% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19113010300 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19113010300 compare to Central City overall?
Tract 19113010300 scores 2.2/10, lower than the parent city of Central City at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Central City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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