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Valley View Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dubuque

Tract 19061000500 · Dubuque County, IA · pop 3,696 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

With a score of 5.2/10, tract 19061000500 in the Valley View neighborhood of Dubuque ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 3,696 residents. That is riskier than about 46% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 43% of renter households, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $762 a month against an average household income of $38,939 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 65% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 37% Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units1,924
Renter share65.2%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate21.0%
Median income$38,939

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Valley View
Very High
Within parent city
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 21 tracts In Dubuque
Very High
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 27 tracts In Dubuque County
Very High
Within state
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#117 of 896 tracts In Iowa
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dubuque and the region

Centroid at 42.5190, -90.6722 · click any tract to drill in

Why Valley View scores 4.6

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
21.0% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$762 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Valley View compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Valley View risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.64.6This tracttract 000500Dubuque: 2.72.7Dubuqueparent cityCounty: 3.03.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.33.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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)

  • 137Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 5.65%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.2%Peak (2015)
  • 55Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 190610005002004: 29 filings (3.46/100 renter HHs)2005: 53 filings (6.26/100 renter HHs)2015: 55 filings (7.22/100 renter HHs)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Valley View. 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 Valley View

What moves this score most 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 78th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

Part of this tract, about 17% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was B ("Still Desirable"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 19061000500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19061000500?

Census tract 19061000500 in the Valley View neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 19061000500?

Median gross rent is $762/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 19061000500?

21.0% of residents in tract 19061000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,696.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 19061000500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 43th, minority 39th, housing 65th.
Q5

Is tract 19061000500 considered part of Valley View?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19061000500 fall within Valley View (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19061000500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 137 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 19061000500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.65% of renter households, peaking at 7.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 19061000500 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.1% 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. 14.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 19061000500 compare to Dubuque overall?

Tract 19061000500 scores 4.6/10, 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.
Q9

Was tract 19061000500 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. 17% 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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