Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Somerset Eviction Risk: Moderate , Ames
Tract 19169000105 · Story County, IA · pop 3,091 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
19169000105 is a census tract in the Somerset area of Ames, IA. It scores 4.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,091. Cost burden runs 66% here against 40.1% across Story County.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,481
Renter share42.3%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$81,566
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
39
th percentile
Low
Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ames and the region
Centroid at 42.0497, -93.6488 · click any tract to drill in
Why Somerset scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ames
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,026 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ames
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ames
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ames
8.0
How Somerset compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Somerset. 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.
- 6.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.6%Food insecurity
- 5.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 12.3%Frequent mental distress
- 22.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Somerset
The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.9/10.
Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8/10. Food insecurity runs 7.6% against 17.8% nationally.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Nationally it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 3.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $81,566, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the IA average is 3.7, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 19169000105
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19169000105?
Census tract 19169000105 in the Somerset neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 19169000105?
Median gross rent is $1,026/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19169000105?
13.8% of residents in tract 19169000105 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,091.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19169000105?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 45th, minority 53th, housing 26th.
Q5
Is tract 19169000105 considered part of Somerset?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19169000105 fall within Somerset (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 19169000105 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.1% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19169000105 compare to Ames overall?
Tract 19169000105 scores 4.7/10, lower than the parent city of Ames at 5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ames eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in Ames
Top eight tracts in Ames ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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