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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Cable Car Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dubuque

Tract 19061000702 · Dubuque County, IA · pop 3,429 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 4.8/10, tract 19061000702 in the Cable Car Square area of Dubuque, IA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,429 residents. 27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 28% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,566
Renter share46.3%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$53,914

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Cable Car Square
Moderate
Within parent city
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 21 tracts In Dubuque
Elevated
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#8 of 27 tracts In Dubuque County
Elevated
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#94 of 896 tracts In Iowa
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dubuque and the region

Centroid at 42.4952, -90.6769 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cable Car Square scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Dubuque
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$887 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dubuque
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dubuque
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dubuque
5.8

How Cable Car Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cable Car Square risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0007024.0Dubuqueparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 58

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 62Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 3.67%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.9%Peak (2005)
  • 17Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 19061000702
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cable Car Square

The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 2.1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10.

Running cool, economic stress reads 2.4/10. Court records carry 62 eviction filings across 3 observed years.

Against the Dubuque County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. Filings peaked in 2005 at 4.9% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Dubuque. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

In a typical year about 3.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the IA average is 3.7, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 39% of renters. Average gross rent is $887, close to the Dubuque average.

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 19061000702

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19061000702?

Census tract 19061000702 in the Cable Car Square neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 19061000702?

Median gross rent is $887/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 19061000702?

9.7% of residents in tract 19061000702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,429.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 19061000702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 25th, minority 25th, housing 70th.
Q5

Is tract 19061000702 considered part of Cable Car Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19061000702 fall within Cable Car Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19061000702?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 62 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 19061000702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.67% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 19061000702 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.5% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 19061000702 compare to Dubuque overall?

Tract 19061000702 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Dubuque at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dubuque eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 19061000702 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 1% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Dubuque

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

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