Within parent city
18
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally
Ankeny Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19153010101 · Polk County, IA · pop 5,384 · 12% of tract blocks fall in Ankeny
Ankeny in Polk County is where census tract 19153010101 sits, home to 5,384 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.6/10. On the national scale it ranks #62,273 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 27% of renter households, a moderate level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $874 a month against an average household income of $139,643 a year, roughly 8% of income at the averages. About 5% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units2,040
Renter share4.9%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$139,643
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
2
th percentile
Very Low
National
3
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ankeny and the region
Centroid at 41.8054, -93.5107 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ankeny scores 1.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ankeny
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$874 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ankeny
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ankeny
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ankeny
3.4
How Ankeny compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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)
- 18Total filings over 8 yrs
- 1.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.4%Peak (2010)
- 3Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% over the past 10 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.
- 6.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.8%Food insecurity
- 5.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.4%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 20.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ankeny
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.3/10. 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 Ankeny 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 6.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 4th 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 19153010101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153010101?
Census tract 19153010101 in Ankeny scores 1.2/10 (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 19153010101?
Median gross rent is $874/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153010101?
4.5% of residents in tract 19153010101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,384.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153010101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 21th, minority 5th, housing 17th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153010101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 18 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 19153010101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.24% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19153010101 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.4% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19153010101 compare to Ankeny overall?
Tract 19153010101 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of Ankeny at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ankeny eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in Ankeny
Top eight tracts in Ankeny ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Low
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2
/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Very Low
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