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Somerset Eviction Risk: Lower , Des Moines

Tract 19181020101 · Warren County, IA · pop 1,859 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Tract 19181020101, home to 1,859 residents in the Somerset neighborhood of Des Moines, scores 3.5/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 6% of US census tracts.

Average household income is about $77,574 a year. About 0% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.1

Lower

Confidence 60% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 0% Owners 100%

Tract context

Occupied units765

SVI overall0.10

Poverty rate5.6%

Median income$77,574

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Des Moines and the region

Centroid at 41.5036, -93.6060 · click any tract to drill in

Why Somerset scores 3.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Des Moines

4.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.2

State political climate

Iowa legislature & governorship

2.3

Economic stress

5.6% poverty · this tract

1.4

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Des Moines

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Des Moines

3.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Des Moines

2.5

How Somerset compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

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

11%Socioeconomic
53%Household composition
21%Racial/ethnic minority
6%Housing & transportation

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.

9.1%Housing insecurity
6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
11.7%Food insecurity
9.3%SNAP enrollment
6.3%Transit barriers
7.9%No health insurance
15.6%Frequent mental distress
30.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Somerset

The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. 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 Des Moines eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Warren County average of 4.0 and below the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 9.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 19181020101

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19181020101?

Census tract 19181020101 in the Somerset neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the poverty rate in tract 19181020101?

5.6% of residents in tract 19181020101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,859.

How socially vulnerable is tract 19181020101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 53th, minority 21th, housing 6th.

Is tract 19181020101 considered part of Somerset?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19181020101 fall within Somerset (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 19181020101 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.1% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 19181020101 compare to Des Moines overall?

Tract 19181020101 scores 3.1/10, higher than the parent city of Des Moines at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Des Moines eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Des Moines

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