Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Council Bluffs Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19155030601 · Pottawattamie County, IA · pop 2,445
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 19155030601 (Council Bluffs, Iowa) comes in at 4.3/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 18% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 17% of renter households, a modest level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $929 monthly, set against $64,330 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,019
Renter share30.3%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$64,330
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Council Bluffs and the region
Centroid at 41.2650, -95.8739 · click any tract to drill in
Why Council Bluffs scores 3.4
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
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$929 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 Council Bluffs compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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
- 68%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 32%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)
- 53Total filings over 4 yrs
- 4.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.0%Peak (2013)
- 12Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.3%Food insecurity
- 15.5%SNAP enrollment
- 9.1%Transit barriers
- 10.4%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 34.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Council Bluffs
The heaviest input here 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 58th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 53 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 4.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.0% of renter households in 2013.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 19155030601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19155030601?
Census tract 19155030601 in Council Bluffs 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
What is the average rent in tract 19155030601?
Median gross rent is $929/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19155030601?
8.0% of residents in tract 19155030601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,445.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19155030601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 30th, minority 31th, housing 69th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19155030601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 53 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 19155030601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.84% of renter households, peaking at 8.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19155030601 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19155030601 compare to Council Bluffs overall?
Tract 19155030601 scores 3.4/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 19155030601 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. 32% 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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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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4
/ 10 · Moderate
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