Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Union Drive Eviction Risk: Lower , Ames
Tract 19169001200 · Story County, IA · pop 627 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 19169001200 belongs to Union Drive in Ames, Iowa. It is home to 627 residents and scores 3.5/10, a lower reading for landlords. It lands near the 6th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
0% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $144,236 a year. Renters make up 55% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 55%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units33
Renter share54.5%
SVI overall0.00
Poverty rate0.0%
Median income$144,236
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ames and the region
Centroid at 42.0140, -93.6480 · click any tract to drill in
Why Union Drive scores 3.2
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
0.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Union Drive compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 0
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%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)
- 2Total filings over 2 yrs
- 10.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.7%Peak (2002)
- 1Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Union Drive. 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.
- 7.0%Housing insecurity
- 3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.0%Food insecurity
- 3.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 20.5%Frequent mental distress
- 21.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Union Drive
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 below the Story County average of 4.6 and below the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 11.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 16.7% of renter households in 2002.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 0th 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, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 19169001200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19169001200?
Census tract 19169001200 in the Union Drive neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 19169001200?
0.0% of residents in tract 19169001200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 627.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 19169001200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 0th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 0th, minority 19th, housing 8th.
Q4
Is tract 19169001200 considered part of Union Drive?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19169001200 fall within Union Drive (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19169001200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 19169001200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.97% of renter households, peaking at 16.7% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19169001200 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.0% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19169001200 compare to Ames overall?
Tract 19169001200 scores 3.2/10, 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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