Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Howard Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55009020506 · Brown County, WI · pop 2,484
With a score of 3.3/10, tract 55009020506 in Howard, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,484 residents. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units968
Renter share24.5%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$85,804
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
40
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Howard and the region
Centroid at 44.5857, -88.0927 · click any tract to drill in
Why Howard scores 3.3
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
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,041 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: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.9%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 14.6%Frequent mental distress
- 27.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Howard
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.5/10.
Food insecurity runs 8.9% against 17.8% nationally. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.9/10. Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 24% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 2.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $85,804, annual rent is just 15%.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 35% of renters.
It tracks the Brown County average of 3.8 closely. Average gross rent is $1,041, close to the Howard average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55009020506
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55009020506?
Census tract 55009020506 in Howard scores 3.3/10 (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 55009020506?
Median gross rent is $1,041/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55009020506?
8.2% of residents in tract 55009020506 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,484.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55009020506?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 14th, minority 5th, housing 40th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 55009020506 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 55009020506 compare to Howard overall?
Tract 55009020506 scores 3.3/10, 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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