Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Center Grove Eviction Risk: Lower , Dubuque
Tract 19061000802 · Dubuque County, IA · pop 3,497 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Center Grove in Dubuque anchors census tract 19061000802, which lands at $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #51,279 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 55% of renter households, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $834 a month against an average household income of $96,042 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. About 13% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,515
Renter share13.3%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$96,042
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dubuque and the region
Centroid at 42.4800, -90.7044 · click any tract to drill in
Why Center Grove scores 2.3
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
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$834 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 Center Grove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%Housing & transportation
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.
- 1%Grade A
- 27%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 7Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.3%Peak (2005)
- 5Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Center Grove. 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.
- 5.2%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.3%Food insecurity
- 4.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.0%Transit barriers
- 4.1%No health insurance
- 12.4%Frequent mental distress
- 24.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Center Grove
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 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 32nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 19061000802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19061000802?
Census tract 19061000802 in the Center Grove neighborhood scores 2.3/10 (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 19061000802?
Median gross rent is $834/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19061000802?
4.6% of residents in tract 19061000802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,497.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19061000802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 65th, minority 10th, housing 82th.
Q5
Is tract 19061000802 considered part of Center Grove?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19061000802 fall within Center Grove (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19061000802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 7 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 19061000802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.36% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 19061000802 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.2% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 19061000802 compare to Dubuque overall?
Tract 19061000802 scores 2.3/10, 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 19061000802 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. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Dubuque
Top eight tracts in Dubuque ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Millwork District
5
/ 10 · Moderate
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Valley View
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IA
Center Grove
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IA
Washington Neighborhood
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IA
Valley View
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IA
19061000400
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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3.6
/ 10 · Low
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College Grandview District
3.5
/ 10 · Low
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