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Mclellan Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Davenport

Tract 19163013000 · Scott County, IA · pop 4,780 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

The Mclellan Heights area of Davenport anchors census tract 19163013000, which lands at 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 29% of US census tracts.

About 41% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $868 a month while the average household earns $67,827 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 23% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units2,349
Renter share40.0%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate15.8%
Median income$67,827

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Mclellan Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#16 of 31 tracts In Davenport
Moderate
Within county
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#16 of 48 tracts In Scott County
Elevated
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#196 of 896 tracts In Iowa
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Davenport and the region

Centroid at 41.5475, -90.5385 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mclellan Heights scores 4.1

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
15.8% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$868 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Mclellan Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mclellan Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.14.1This tracttract 013000Davenport: 2.62.6Davenportparent cityCounty: 3.43.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.33.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 29

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

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.

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)

  • 113Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 2.12%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.2%Peak (2005)
  • 9Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 191630130002004: 17 filings (1.74/100 renter HHs)2005: 39 filings (4.22/100 renter HHs)2006: 26 filings (2.81/100 renter HHs)2009: 12 filings (1.30/100 renter HHs)2014: 10 filings (1.40/100 renter HHs)2015: 9 filings (1.26/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 47% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Mclellan Heights. 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 Mclellan Heights

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 3.9/10. 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 about the same as the Scott County average of 4.8 and above the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 113 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 2.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.2% of renter households in 2005.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 29th 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 19163013000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19163013000?

Census tract 19163013000 in the Mclellan Heights neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 19163013000?

Median gross rent is $868/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 19163013000?

15.8% of residents in tract 19163013000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,780.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 19163013000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 26th, minority 35th, housing 65th.
Q5

Is tract 19163013000 considered part of Mclellan Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19163013000 fall within Mclellan Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19163013000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 113 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 19163013000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.12% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 19163013000 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.9% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 19163013000 compare to Davenport overall?

Tract 19163013000 scores 4.1/10, 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 19163013000 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Davenport

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

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