Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Southwestern Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Des Moines
Tract 19153011600 · Polk County, IA · pop 0 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 19153011600 in Des Moines, IA has no resident population in the ACS 5-year release. That usually means water, parkland, an airport, or industrial land rather than housing stock.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 45% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 100%
Tract context
SVI overall-10.00
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Des Moines and the region
Centroid at 41.5346, -93.6624 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southwestern Hills scores 3.4
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
this tract poverty rate
3.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Southwestern Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: -1,000
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- -1,000%Socioeconomic
- -1,000%Household composition
- -1,000%Racial/ethnic minority
- -1,000%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 2Total filings over 1 yrs
- 0.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.0%Peak (2011)
- 2Filings in 2011 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Southwestern Hills. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Southwestern Hills
The 3.4/10 score reflects only the legal climate inherited from Des Moines; with no households in the tract there is nothing local for the economic and supply components to measure.
There is no rental market to underwrite inside this boundary. For a real address, use an adjacent tract.
Frequently asked
About tract 19153011600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19153011600?
Census tract 19153011600 in the Southwestern Hills neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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
How socially vulnerable is tract 19153011600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the -1000th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic -1000th, household -1000th, minority -1000th, housing -1000th.
Q3
Is tract 19153011600 considered part of Southwestern Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19153011600 fall within Southwestern Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19153011600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 19153011600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.00% of renter households, peaking at 0.0% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
How does tract 19153011600 compare to Des Moines overall?
Tract 19153011600 scores 3.4/10, 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.
Q6
Was tract 19153011600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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