Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Avoca Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19155021502 · Pottawattamie County, IA · pop 2,941 · 37% of tract blocks fall in Avoca
19155021502 is a census tract in Avoca, IA. It scores 3.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,941 residents. Cost burden runs about half here against 38.2% across Pottawattamie County.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,254
Renter share27.9%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$68,659
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Avoca and the region
Centroid at 41.4567, -95.2999 · click any tract to drill in
Why Avoca scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Avoca
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$856 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Avoca
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Avoca
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Avoca
7.0
How Avoca compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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 4 yrs
- 1.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.3%Peak (2014)
- 7Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 133% over the past 4 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.
- 9.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.9%Food insecurity
- 10.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 32.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Avoca
The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9/10. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. The filing record is not thin: 18 evictions over 4 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 2.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.5% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $68,659, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Pottawattamie County average of 4.0 closely.
Average gross rent is $856, close to the Avoca average. 28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 19155021502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19155021502?
Census tract 19155021502 in Avoca scores 3.9/10 (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 19155021502?
Median gross rent is $856/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19155021502?
11.2% of residents in tract 19155021502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,941.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19155021502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 76th, minority 6th, housing 83th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19155021502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 18 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 19155021502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.50% of renter households, peaking at 2.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19155021502 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.0% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19155021502 compare to Avoca overall?
Tract 19155021502 scores 3.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Avoca at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Avoca; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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