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Center Grove Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dubuque

Tract 19061001202 · Dubuque County, IA · pop 2,218 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 19061001202 (the Center Grove area of Dubuque, Iowa) comes in at 5.1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 43% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 40% of renter households, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $890 a month against an average household income of $49,554 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 67% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 40% Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units1,105
Renter share66.6%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate19.0%
Median income$49,554

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Center Grove
Very High
Within parent city
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 21 tracts In Dubuque
Very High
Within county
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 27 tracts In Dubuque County
Very High
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#180 of 896 tracts In Iowa
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dubuque and the region

Centroid at 42.4997, -90.7202 · click any tract to drill in

Why Center Grove scores 4.2

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
19.0% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$890 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 Center Grove compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Center Grove risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.24.2This tracttract 001202Dubuque: 2.72.7Dubuqueparent cityCounty: 3.03.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.33.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 57

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

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)

  • 24Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 1.54%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.5%Peak (2015)
  • 13Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 190610012022004: 6 filings (1.20/100 renter HHs)2005: 5 filings (0.89/100 renter HHs)2015: 13 filings (2.52/100 renter HHs)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Center Grove. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Center Grove

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.4/10. 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 Dubuque eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Dubuque County average of 4.8 and above the Iowa statewide average of 4.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 57th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 9.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 19061001202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19061001202?

Census tract 19061001202 in the Center Grove neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 19061001202?

Median gross rent is $890/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 19061001202?

19.0% of residents in tract 19061001202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,218.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 19061001202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 71th, minority 31th, housing 77th.
Q5

Is tract 19061001202 considered part of Center Grove?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19061001202 fall within Center Grove (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19061001202?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 24 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 19061001202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.54% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 19061001202 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.5% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 19061001202 compare to Dubuque overall?

Tract 19061001202 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Dubuque at 2.7/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Dubuque

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

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