Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
East Omaha Eviction Risk: Lower , Council Bluffs
Tract 19155030501 · Pottawattamie County, IA · pop 2,679 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
Eviction risk in the East Omaha area of Council Bluffs centers on tract 19155030501, which scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 2,679 residents. That is riskier than roughly 26% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 26% of renter households, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,060 a month while the average household earns $71,572 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 31% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units976
Renter share31.1%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$71,572
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Council Bluffs and the region
Centroid at 41.2650, -95.8891 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Omaha scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Council Bluffs
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,060 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Council Bluffs
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Council Bluffs
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Council Bluffs
5.8
How East Omaha compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 80%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 20%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)
- 34Total filings over 4 yrs
- 2.79%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.6%Peak (2013)
- 10Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 25% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within East Omaha. 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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.6%Food insecurity
- 9.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 7.5%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 28.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Omaha
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.5/10. 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 Council Bluffs eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Pottawattamie County average of 4.9 and in line with 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 20th 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.
Part of this tract, about 20% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was B ("Still Desirable"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 19155030501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19155030501?
Census tract 19155030501 in the East Omaha neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 19155030501?
Median gross rent is $1,060/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19155030501?
7.9% of residents in tract 19155030501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,679.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19155030501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 79th, minority 25th, housing 15th.
Q5
Is tract 19155030501 considered part of East Omaha?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19155030501 fall within East Omaha (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19155030501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 34 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 19155030501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.79% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 19155030501 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 19155030501 compare to Council Bluffs overall?
Tract 19155030501 scores 3.2/10, higher than the parent city of Council Bluffs at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Council Bluffs eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 19155030501 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 20% 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Council Bluffs
Top eight tracts in Council Bluffs ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · IA
19155030900
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IA
19155030700
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IA
NoDo
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IA
19155031100
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IA
19155031300
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IA
19155030200
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IA
19155030502
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IA
19155030602
4
/ 10 · Moderate
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