Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Howard Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55009020505 · Brown County, WI · pop 5,200
With a score of 3.1/10, tract 55009020505 in Howard, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,200 residents. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units2,423
Renter share32.2%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate5.1%
Median income$82,988
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Howard and the region
Centroid at 44.5635, -88.0893 · click any tract to drill in
Why Howard scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Howard
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
5.1% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,038 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Howard
2.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Howard
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Howard
3.1
How Howard compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 7.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.6%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 14.1%Frequent mental distress
- 28.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Howard
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.3/10. Against Brown County at 37.2%, 46% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.5/10.
Food insecurity runs 8.6% against 17.8% nationally. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.9/10. Against the Brown County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Against average income of $82,988, annual rent is just 15%. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55009020505
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55009020505?
Census tract 55009020505 in Howard scores 3.1/10 (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 55009020505?
Median gross rent is $1,038/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55009020505?
5.1% of residents in tract 55009020505 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,200.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55009020505?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 31th, minority 5th, housing 67th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 55009020505 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.3% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 55009020505 compare to Howard overall?
Tract 55009020505 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Howard at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Howard eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Howard
Top eight tracts in Howard ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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