Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Meredith Eviction Risk: Lower , Des Moines
Tract 19153010409 · Polk County, IA · pop 4,239 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
With a score of 3.3/10, tract 19153010409 in the Meredith area of Urbandale, IA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,239 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.2/10.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,589
Renter share11.7%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$94,830
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
40
th percentile
Low
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Des Moines and the region
Centroid at 41.6454, -93.7080 · click any tract to drill in
Why Meredith scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Des Moines
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,325 rent vs county FMR
5.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Des Moines
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Des Moines
5.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Des Moines
3.8
How Meredith compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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)
- 37Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.5%Peak (2015)
- 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 40% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Meredith. 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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.5%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 6.1%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 25.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Meredith
Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against Polk County at 42.0%, 33% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.6/10. Court records carry 37 eviction filings across 10 observed years.
Food insecurity runs 10.5% against 17.8% nationally. At $1,325 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Urbandale commands.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 5.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 27% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Only 12% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153010409
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153010409?
Census tract 19153010409 in the Meredith neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 19153010409?
Median gross rent is $1,325/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19153010409?
11.4% of residents in tract 19153010409 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,239.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153010409?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 61th, minority 34th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 19153010409 considered part of Meredith?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19153010409 fall within Meredith (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153010409?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 37 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 19153010409 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.26% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 19153010409 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 19153010409 compare to Des Moines overall?
Tract 19153010409 scores 3.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Des Moines at 3.4/10. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Des Moines
Top eight tracts in Des Moines ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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