Census Tract · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally

Ankeny Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 19153010213 · Polk County, IA · pop 4,112 · 34% of tract blocks fall in Ankeny

In Ankeny in Polk County, census tract 19153010213 scores 4.8/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #57,133 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Average household income is about $132,171 a year. About 0% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

1.2

Lower

Confidence 60% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 0% Owners 100%

Tract context

Occupied units1,483

SVI overall0.01

Poverty rate2.7%

Median income$132,171

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Ankeny and the region

Centroid at 41.7092, -93.6557 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ankeny scores 1.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

2.7% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

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: 1

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

0%Socioeconomic
15%Household composition
1%Racial/ethnic minority
6%Housing & transportation

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.

6.0%Housing insecurity
4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
5.9%Food insecurity
4.3%SNAP enrollment
3.9%Transit barriers
3.8%No health insurance
14.5%Frequent mental distress
19.3%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 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 safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 1st 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 19153010213

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153010213?

Census tract 19153010213 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.

What is the poverty rate in tract 19153010213?

2.7% of residents in tract 19153010213 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,112.

How socially vulnerable is tract 19153010213?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 15th, minority 1th, housing 6th.

What share of households in tract 19153010213 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.0% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 19153010213 compare to Ankeny overall?

Tract 19153010213 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Ankeny

Top eight tracts in Ankeny ranked by composite eviction-risk score.