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Birch Creek Eviction Risk: Lower , Wrightstown

Tract 55009021400 · Brown County, WI · pop 8,514 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 55009021400 in the Birch Creek area of Wrightstown, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 8,514. Against Brown County at 37.2%, 10% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 22% Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units3,325
Renter share24.3%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate2.0%
Median income$107,332

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Birch Creek
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Wrightstown
Moderate
Within county
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#39 of 58 tracts In Brown County
Low
Within state
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#1,083 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wrightstown and the region

Centroid at 44.3451, -88.0743 · click any tract to drill in

Why Birch Creek scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Wrightstown
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
2.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$959 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wrightstown
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wrightstown
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wrightstown
2.4

How Birch Creek compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Birch Creek risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0214003.2Wrightstownparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 26

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 106Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 1.92%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.2%Peak (2012)
  • 15Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 55009021400
Filings climbed 200% over the past 10 months.
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 Birch Creek

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. At $959 a month, rents run 24% under what the rest of Wrightstown commands.

Well under the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 2.4/10. Food insecurity runs 8.6% against 17.8% nationally.

Court records carry 106 eviction filings across 10 observed years. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.9/10. Against the Brown County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.

Filings peaked in 2012 at 3.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.9% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 24% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.3/10.

Rent consumes only 11% of average household income of $107,332, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 55009021400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55009021400?

Census tract 55009021400 in the Birch Creek neighborhood scores 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 55009021400?

Median gross rent is $959/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 10% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55009021400?

2.0% of residents in tract 55009021400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,514.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55009021400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 39th, minority 24th, housing 58th.
Q5

Is tract 55009021400 considered part of Birch Creek?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55009021400 fall within Birch Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55009021400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 106 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 55009021400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.92% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55009021400 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.0% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55009021400 compare to Wrightstown overall?

Tract 55009021400 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Wrightstown at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wrightstown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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