Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Oak Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Des Moines
Tract 19153000600 · Polk County, IA · pop 3,728 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 5.3/10, tract 19153000600 in the Oak Park neighborhood of Des Moines ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 3,728 residents. That is riskier than roughly 50% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 68% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,080 monthly, set against $64,185 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,563
Renter share25.3%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate19.5%
Median income$64,185
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Des Moines and the region
Centroid at 41.6272, -93.6332 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oak Park scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Des Moines
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
19.5% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,080 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Des Moines
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Des Moines
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Des Moines
2.5
How Oak Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 8%Grade A
- 23%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 67%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 334Total filings over 10 yrs
- 6.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.0%Peak (2007)
- 32Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 10 months.
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.
- 15.4%Housing insecurity
- 10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.9%Food insecurity
- 17.7%SNAP enrollment
- 10.2%Transit barriers
- 10.5%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 31.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oak Park
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 4.9/10. 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 Des Moines 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 Polk County average of 5.0 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 334 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 7.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 11.0% of renter households in 2007.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 67% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153000600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153000600?
Census tract 19153000600 in the Oak Park neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 19153000600?
Median gross rent is $1,080/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153000600?
19.5% of residents in tract 19153000600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,728.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153000600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 94th, minority 61th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 19153000600 considered part of Oak Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19153000600 fall within Oak Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153000600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 334 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 19153000600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.97% of renter households, peaking at 11.0% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 19153000600 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.4% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 19153000600 compare to Des Moines overall?
Tract 19153000600 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Des Moines at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Des Moines eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 19153000600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 67% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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