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Neighborhood · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally

South End District Eviction Risk: Lower , Dubuque

Tract 19061000801 · Dubuque County, IA · pop 3,976 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Eviction risk in the South End District neighborhood of Dubuque centers on tract 19061000801, which scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 3,976 residents. On the national scale it ranks #54,302 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 44% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $942 a month while the average household earns $96,516 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 6% Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,543
Renter share11.3%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate5.6%
Median income$96,516

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In South End District
Moderate
Within parent city
15 th percentile
Rank, 15th percentileLowHigh
#18 of 21 tracts In Dubuque
Very Low
Within county
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#18 of 27 tracts In Dubuque County
Low
Within state
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#672 of 896 tracts In Iowa
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dubuque and the region

Centroid at 42.4802, -90.6696 · click any tract to drill in

Why South End District scores 2.4

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
5.6% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$942 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 South End District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
South End District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.42.4This tracttract 000801Dubuque: 2.72.7Dubuqueparent cityCounty: 3.03.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.33.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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)

  • 14Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 1.39%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.7%Peak (2015)
  • 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 190610008012004: 3 filings (0.92/100 renter HHs)2005: 4 filings (1.56/100 renter HHs)2015: 7 filings (1.69/100 renter HHs)
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 South End District

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.

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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 14 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 1.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.7% 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 19061000801

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19061000801?

Census tract 19061000801 in the South End District neighborhood scores 2.4/10 (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 19061000801?

Median gross rent is $942/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 19061000801?

5.6% of residents in tract 19061000801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,976.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 19061000801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 67th, minority 17th, housing 62th.
Q5

Is tract 19061000801 considered part of South End District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19061000801 fall within South End District (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19061000801?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 14 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 19061000801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.39% of renter households, peaking at 1.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 19061000801 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.0% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 19061000801 compare to Dubuque overall?

Tract 19061000801 scores 2.4/10, lower 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 19061000801 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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