Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #79,124 of 84,120 nationally
Palo Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19113010600 · Linn County, IA · pop 6,094 · 15% of tract blocks fall in Palo
For landlords sizing up Palo in Linn County, census tract 19113010600 carries a lower eviction-risk score of 3.5/10. On the national scale it ranks #79,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 4% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $586 monthly, set against $119,125 in average yearly household income, roughly 6% of income at the averages. Renters make up 5% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units2,253
Renter share4.6%
SVI overall0.00
Poverty rate3.9%
Median income$119,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
4
th percentile
Very Low
National
6
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Palo and the region
Centroid at 42.0655, -91.7799 · click any tract to drill in
Why Palo scores 1.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Palo
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
3.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$586 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Palo
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Palo
2.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Palo
3.0
How Palo compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 0
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 0%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)
- 22Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.3%Peak (2004)
- 1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% 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.
- 6.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.0%Food insecurity
- 5.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 4.8%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 23.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Palo
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 3.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Palo, 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 below the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 0th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 19113010600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19113010600?
Census tract 19113010600 in Palo scores 1.5/10 (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 19113010600?
Median gross rent is $586/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 4% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19113010600?
3.9% of residents in tract 19113010600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,094.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19113010600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 0th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 16th, minority 11th, housing 0th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19113010600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 22 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 19113010600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.25% of renter households, peaking at 4.3% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19113010600 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.7% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19113010600 compare to Palo overall?
Tract 19113010600 scores 1.5/10, lower than the parent city of Palo at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Palo; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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