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Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally

Historic Washington Street Eviction Risk: Lower , Davenport

Tract 19163011200 · Scott County, IA · pop 2,347 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 19163011200 covers part of the Historic Washington Street area of Davenport, IA, and scores 3.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,347. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 22% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,091
Renter share45.6%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$59,441

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Historic Washington Street
Moderate
Within parent city
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 31 tracts In Davenport
Low
Within county
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 48 tracts In Scott County
Elevated
Within state
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#365 of 896 tracts In Iowa
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Davenport and the region

Centroid at 41.5368, -90.5963 · click any tract to drill in

Why Historic Washington Street scores 3.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Davenport
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,044 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Davenport
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Davenport
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Davenport
2.5

How Historic Washington Street compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Historic Washington Street risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.7This tracttract 0112003.3Davenportparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 68

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 187Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 7.56%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.3%Peak (2006)
  • 27Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 19163011200
Filings dropped 21% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Historic Washington Street. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Historic Washington Street

Against Scott County at 41.8%, 52% of renters here are cost-burdened. The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 187 filings here across 6 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2006 at 12.3% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Davenport. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 7.6% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.2/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Scott County average of 3.7 closely. Average gross rent is $1,044, close to the Davenport average.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 19163011200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19163011200?

Census tract 19163011200 in the Historic Washington Street neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 19163011200?

Median gross rent is $1,044/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 19163011200?

10.3% of residents in tract 19163011200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,347.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 19163011200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 84th, minority 58th, housing 29th.
Q5

Is tract 19163011200 considered part of Historic Washington Street?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19163011200 fall within Historic Washington Street (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19163011200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 187 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 19163011200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.56% of renter households, peaking at 12.3% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 19163011200 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.6% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 19163011200 compare to Davenport overall?

Tract 19163011200 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Davenport at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Davenport eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 19163011200 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. 5% 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 Davenport

Top eight tracts in Davenport ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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