Within parent city
56
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 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 covers part of Ames, IA, and scores 5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,713. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Risk score
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
91
th percentile
Very 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 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
Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.9/10.
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8/10. The filing record is not thin: 189 evictions over 9 years of observation.
Food insecurity runs 9.6% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.4% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2006 at 3.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 2.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $79,926, annual rent is just 15%.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 19169000600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19169000600?
Census tract 19169000600 in Ames scores 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 5/10, right in line with 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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