Within parent city
95
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
Council Bluffs Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 19155030700 · Pottawattamie County, IA · pop 2,740
Census tract 19155030700 runs through Council Bluffs. With 2,740 residents, it scores 5.7/10 for landlords. It lands near the 65th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,012 monthly, set against $46,838 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 58% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,019
Renter share58.2%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate23.6%
Median income$46,838
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
90
th percentile
High
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Council Bluffs and the region
Centroid at 41.2612, -95.8603 · click any tract to drill in
Why Council Bluffs scores 4.8
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
23.6% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,012 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 36%Grade B
- 2%Grade C
- 61%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)
- 220Total filings over 4 yrs
- 8.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.0%Peak (2012)
- 44Filings 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.
- 18.5%Housing insecurity
- 12.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.7%Food insecurity
- 25.0%SNAP enrollment
- 13.3%Transit barriers
- 15.0%No health insurance
- 21.5%Frequent mental distress
- 38.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Council Bluffs
The score leans hardest on 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 above the Pottawattamie County average of 4.9 and above the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 61% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 220 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 8.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 11.0% of renter households in 2012.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 19155030700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19155030700?
Census tract 19155030700 in Council Bluffs scores 4.8/10 (Moderate 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 19155030700?
Median gross rent is $1,012/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19155030700?
23.6% of residents in tract 19155030700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,740.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19155030700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 31th, minority 48th, housing 87th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19155030700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 220 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 19155030700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.92% of renter households, peaking at 11.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19155030700 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.5% 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. 12.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19155030700 compare to Council Bluffs overall?
Tract 19155030700 scores 4.8/10, 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 19155030700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 61% 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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Highest-risk tracts in Council Bluffs
Top eight tracts in Council Bluffs ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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4.7
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4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Low
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