Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Dubuque Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 19061000400 · Dubuque County, IA · pop 3,667
In Dubuque in Dubuque County, census tract 19061000400 scores 5.3/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #42,232 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 55% of renter households, a severe level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,087 monthly, set against $57,566 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,548
Renter share26.7%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate13.1%
Median income$57,566
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dubuque and the region
Centroid at 42.5311, -90.6673 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dubuque scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
13.1% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,087 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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 Dubuque compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 13%Grade B
- 24%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 27Total filings over 3 yrs
- 1.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.7%Peak (2015)
- 14Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
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.
- 10.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.7%Food insecurity
- 14.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.2%Transit barriers
- 8.6%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 37.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dubuque
The heaviest input here is 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 above 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 27 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 1.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.7% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 19061000400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19061000400?
Census tract 19061000400 in Dubuque scores 3.7/10 (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 average rent in tract 19061000400?
Median gross rent is $1,087/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19061000400?
13.1% of residents in tract 19061000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,667.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19061000400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 84th, minority 20th, housing 91th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19061000400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 27 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 19061000400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.94% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19061000400 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.2% 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.
Q7
How does tract 19061000400 compare to Dubuque overall?
Tract 19061000400 scores 3.7/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 19061000400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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.
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