Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Marshalltown Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 19127950900 · Marshall County, IA · pop 3,733 · 93% of tract blocks fall in Marshalltown
Census tract 19127950900 covers part of Marshalltown, IA, and scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,733 residents. The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 2.2/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,103
Renter share33.2%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate15.9%
Median income$52,349
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Marshalltown and the region
Centroid at 42.0480, -92.8889 · click any tract to drill in
Why Marshalltown scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Marshalltown
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
15.9% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$907 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Marshalltown
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Marshalltown
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Marshalltown
5.0
How Marshalltown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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)
- 230Total filings over 12 yrs
- 6.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.7%Peak (2015)
- 46Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 77% over the past 12 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.
- 17.6%Housing insecurity
- 11.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.7%Food insecurity
- 19.5%SNAP enrollment
- 11.4%Transit barriers
- 16.7%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 34.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Marshalltown
The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Cost burden runs 35% here against 29.1% across Marshall County.
Against the Marshall County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Court records carry 230 eviction filings across 12 observed years.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.1/10. The worst year on record was 2015, when 16.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 6.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.3/10. Statewide the IA average is 3.7, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 19127950900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19127950900?
Census tract 19127950900 in Marshalltown scores 4.7/10 (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 19127950900?
Median gross rent is $907/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19127950900?
15.9% of residents in tract 19127950900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,733.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19127950900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 56th, minority 69th, housing 77th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19127950900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 230 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 19127950900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.45% of renter households, peaking at 16.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19127950900 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.6% 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. 11.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19127950900 compare to Marshalltown overall?
Tract 19127950900 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Marshalltown at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Marshalltown eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Marshalltown
Top eight tracts in Marshalltown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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