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Historic Washington Street Eviction Risk: Lower , Davenport

Tract 19163011900 · Scott County, IA · pop 2,914 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

With a score of 3.1/10, tract 19163011900 in the Historic Washington Street area of Davenport, IA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,914. Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 7% Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,314
Renter share16.3%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$79,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Historic Washington Street
Very Low
Within parent city
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#24 of 31 tracts In Davenport
Low
Within county
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#28 of 48 tracts In Scott County
Moderate
Within state
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#557 of 896 tracts In Iowa
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Davenport and the region

Centroid at 41.5510, -90.5960 · click any tract to drill in

Why Historic Washington Street scores 3.1

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
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,065 rent vs county FMR
5.4
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 / state3.1This tracttract 0119003.3Davenportparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 48

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)

  • 48Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 3.59%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.7%Peak (2006)
  • 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 19163011900
Filings climbed 40% 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

55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Scott County average of 41.8%. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.1/10.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Court records carry 48 eviction filings across 6 observed years. It sits 0.6 points below the Scott County average of 3.7.

Filings peaked in 2006 at 7.7% of renter households. At $1,065 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Davenport commands.

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 3.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 22nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 16% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.3/10.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 19163011900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19163011900?

Census tract 19163011900 in the Historic Washington Street neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 19163011900?

Median gross rent is $1,065/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 19163011900?

8.4% of residents in tract 19163011900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,914.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 19163011900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 73th, minority 48th, housing 34th.
Q5

Is tract 19163011900 considered part of Historic Washington Street?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19163011900 fall within Historic Washington Street (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19163011900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 48 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 19163011900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.59% of renter households, peaking at 7.7% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 19163011900 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.9% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 19163011900 compare to Davenport overall?

Tract 19163011900 scores 3.1/10, right in line with 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 19163011900 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. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Davenport

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

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