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West End District Eviction Risk: Lower , Dubuque

Tract 19061001204 · Dubuque County, IA · pop 2,816 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

With a score of 3.5/10, tract 19061001204 in the West End District area of Dubuque, IA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,816 residents. Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 14% Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,144
Renter share22.6%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate5.1%
Median income$85,776

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In West End District
Very Low
Within parent city
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 21 tracts In Dubuque
Low
Within county
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 27 tracts In Dubuque County
Moderate
Within state
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#428 of 896 tracts In Iowa
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dubuque and the region

Centroid at 42.5054, -90.7492 · click any tract to drill in

Why West End District scores 3.5

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
5.1% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,133 rent vs county FMR
6.4
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 West End District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West End District risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.5This tracttract 0012044.0Dubuqueparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 28

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)

  • 3Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 0.58%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.9%Peak (2004)
  • 1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 19061001204
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within West End District. 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 West End District

The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.3/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. At $1,133 a month, rents run 20% over what the rest of Dubuque commands.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 3 filings here across 2 tracked years. Food insecurity runs 9.7% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 7.6% against 15.2% nationally. The voucher gap is 13.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. The worst year on record was 2004, when 0.9% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 0.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 31% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

At 23% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 19061001204

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19061001204?

Census tract 19061001204 in the West End District neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 19061001204?

Median gross rent is $1,133/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 19061001204?

5.1% of residents in tract 19061001204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,816.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 19061001204?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 16th, minority 20th, housing 66th.
Q5

Is tract 19061001204 considered part of West End District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19061001204 fall within West End District (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19061001204?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 19061001204 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.58% of renter households, peaking at 0.9% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 19061001204 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.4% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 19061001204 compare to Dubuque overall?

Tract 19061001204 scores 3.5/10, lower 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Dubuque

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

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