Census Tract · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally

Ankeny Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 19153010216 · Polk County, IA · pop 17,307 · 96% of tract blocks fall in Ankeny

How risky is Ankeny in Polk County for landlords? Census tract 19153010216 scores 5.2/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 46th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

44% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,273 monthly, set against $109,665 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 33% of occupied homes.

Risk score

1.6

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 18% Owners 68%

Tract context

Occupied units7,203

Renter share32.5%

SVI overall0.09

Poverty rate4.1%

Median income$109,665

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Ankeny and the region

Centroid at 41.7628, -93.6199 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ankeny scores 1.6

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

4.1% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,273 rent vs county FMR

5.5

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: 9

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

6%Socioeconomic
33%Household composition
20%Racial/ethnic minority
17%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.

6.7%Housing insecurity
4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
6.8%Food insecurity
4.9%SNAP enrollment
4.6%Transit barriers
4.5%No health insurance
16.1%Frequent mental distress
19.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ankeny

The score leans hardest on 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 riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th 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 19153010216

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153010216?

Census tract 19153010216 in Ankeny scores 1.6/10 (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 average rent in tract 19153010216?

Median gross rent is $1,273/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 19153010216?

4.1% of residents in tract 19153010216 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 17,307.

How socially vulnerable is tract 19153010216?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 33th, minority 20th, housing 17th.

What share of households in tract 19153010216 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.7% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 19153010216 compare to Ankeny overall?

Tract 19153010216 scores 1.6/10, 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.