Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Lower Beaver Eviction Risk: Lower , Des Moines
Tract 19153000702 · Polk County, IA · pop 3,770 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 19153000702, home to 3,770 residents in the Lower Beaver neighborhood of Des Moines, scores 4.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #66,787 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
41% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $757 monthly, set against $74,803 in average yearly household income, roughly 12% of income at the averages. About 22% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,488
Renter share22.1%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$74,803
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Des Moines and the region
Centroid at 41.6401, -93.6563 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lower Beaver scores 3.2
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
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$757 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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 Lower Beaver compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 30%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 57%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 25%Grade C
- 18%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)
- 416Total filings over 10 yrs
- 14.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 25.2%Peak (2009)
- 28Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 32% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Lower Beaver. 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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.2%Food insecurity
- 12.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.7%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 28.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lower Beaver
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Des Moines eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Polk County average of 5.0 and in line with the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Part of this tract, about 18% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 416 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 14.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 25.2% of renter households in 2009.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153000702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153000702?
Census tract 19153000702 in the Lower Beaver neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 19153000702?
Median gross rent is $757/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153000702?
4.2% of residents in tract 19153000702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,770.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153000702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 85th, minority 57th, housing 38th.
Q5
Is tract 19153000702 considered part of Lower Beaver?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19153000702 fall within Lower Beaver (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153000702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 416 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 19153000702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.40% of renter households, peaking at 25.2% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 19153000702 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 19153000702 compare to Des Moines overall?
Tract 19153000702 scores 3.2/10, 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 19153000702 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 18% 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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