Valley View Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dubuque

65% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. SNAP participation runs 27.9% against 15.2% nationally.

Against the Dubuque County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Average gross rent is $762, 20% below the Dubuque average.

The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.4/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 137 filings here across 3 tracked years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2015, when 7.2% of renter households were served.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 5.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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