Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Mount Vernon Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19113010802 · Linn County, IA · pop 6,075 · 58% of tract blocks fall in Mount Vernon
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 19113010802 (Mount Vernon in Linn County, Iowa) comes in at 4.4/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 21% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $838 a month while the average household earns $98,102 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. Renters make up 18% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,921
Renter share18.3%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$98,102
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mount Vernon and the region
Centroid at 41.9326, -91.4170 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mount Vernon scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mount Vernon
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$838 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mount Vernon
2.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mount Vernon
3.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mount Vernon
3.2
How Mount Vernon compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%Housing & transportation
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.
- 7.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.4%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 25.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mount Vernon
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 3.4/10. 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 Mount Vernon, 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 in line with 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 34th 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 7.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 19113010802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19113010802?
Census tract 19113010802 in Mount Vernon 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 19113010802?
Median gross rent is $838/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19113010802?
8.4% of residents in tract 19113010802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,075.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19113010802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 25th, minority 11th, housing 79th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 19113010802 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.4% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 19113010802 compare to Mount Vernon overall?
Tract 19113010802 scores 2.2/10, lower than the parent city of Mount Vernon at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mount Vernon; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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