Within parent city
56
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Ames Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 19169000600 · Story County, IA · pop 4,713 · 91% of tract blocks fall in Ames
Census tract 19169000600 runs through Ames. With 4,713 residents, it scores $1/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #51,302 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,029 a month against an average household income of $79,926 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,863
Renter share35.1%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate16.9%
Median income$79,926
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
86
th percentile
High
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ames and the region
Centroid at 42.0312, -93.6820 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ames scores 4.5
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
16.9% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,029 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 Ames compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%Housing & transportation
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)
- 189Total filings over 9 yrs
- 2.39%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2006)
- 12Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 43% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.6%Food insecurity
- 7.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 22.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ames
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Ames eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Story County average of 4.6 and above the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 189 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 2.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.7% of renter households in 2006.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 14th 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 19169000600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19169000600?
Census tract 19169000600 in Ames scores 4.5/10 (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 19169000600?
Median gross rent is $1,029/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19169000600?
16.9% of residents in tract 19169000600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,713.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19169000600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 3th, minority 36th, housing 21th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19169000600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 189 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 19169000600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.39% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19169000600 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19169000600 compare to Ames overall?
Tract 19169000600 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Ames at 2.9/10. 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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