Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Historic Washington Street Eviction Risk: Moderate , Davenport
Tract 19163011800 · Scott County, IA · pop 1,996 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 19163011800 (Historic Washington Street in Davenport, Iowa) comes in at 4.3/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 18th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 29% of renter households, a moderate level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,024 a month against an average household income of $54,476 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,157
Renter share25.9%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate12.5%
Median income$54,476
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Davenport and the region
Centroid at 41.5509, -90.5841 · click any tract to drill in
Why Historic Washington Street scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
12.5% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,024 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%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.
- 5%Grade A
- 82%Grade B
- 12%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 37Total filings over 6 yrs
- 2.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2004)
- 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 36% 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.
- 9.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.4%Food insecurity
- 9.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 25.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Historic Washington Street
What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Davenport eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Scott County average of 4.8 and in line with the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 19163011800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19163011800?
Census tract 19163011800 in the Historic Washington Street neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 19163011800?
Median gross rent is $1,024/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19163011800?
12.5% of residents in tract 19163011800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,996.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19163011800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 7th, minority 26th, housing 54th.
Q5
Is tract 19163011800 considered part of Historic Washington Street?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19163011800 fall within Historic Washington Street (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19163011800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 37 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 19163011800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.00% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 19163011800 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.7% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 19163011800 compare to Davenport overall?
Tract 19163011800 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Davenport at 2.6/10. 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 19163011800 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. 0% 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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