Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Westwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Des Moines
Tract 19153003100 · Polk County, IA · pop 1,844 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 19153003100, home to 1,844 residents in Westwood in Des Moines, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 12% of US census tracts.
23% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,089 a month against an average household income of $97,431 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units851
Renter share34.2%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate2.5%
Median income$97,431
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Des Moines and the region
Centroid at 41.5782, -93.6839 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westwood scores 2.8
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
2.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,089 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 Westwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 71%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 6%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 22Total filings over 9 yrs
- 1.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.2%Peak (2006)
- 1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 80% 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.
- 5.3%Housing insecurity
- 3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.3%Food insecurity
- 3.9%SNAP enrollment
- 3.7%Transit barriers
- 3.6%No health insurance
- 13.3%Frequent mental distress
- 19.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westwood
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. 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 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 7th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153003100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153003100?
Census tract 19153003100 in the Westwood neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (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 19153003100?
Median gross rent is $1,089/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153003100?
2.5% of residents in tract 19153003100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,844.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153003100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 12th, minority 24th, housing 9th.
Q5
Is tract 19153003100 considered part of Westwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19153003100 fall within Westwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153003100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 22 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 19153003100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.16% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 19153003100 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.3% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 19153003100 compare to Des Moines overall?
Tract 19153003100 scores 2.8/10, right in line with 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 19153003100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% 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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