Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Chippewa Falls Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55017010400 · Chippewa County, WI · pop 5,413 · 8% of tract blocks fall in Chippewa Falls
With a score of 3/10, tract 55017010400 in Chippewa Falls, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,413 residents. Cost burden runs about one in five here against 36.4% across Chippewa County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units2,119
Renter share18.4%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$99,904
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chippewa Falls and the region
Centroid at 44.9287, -91.5289 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chippewa Falls scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Chippewa Falls
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,099 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chippewa Falls
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chippewa Falls
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chippewa Falls
5.1
How Chippewa Falls compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 9%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%Housing & transportation
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)
- 33Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.41%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2009)
- 2Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% over the past 14 months.
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.
- 7.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.4%Food insecurity
- 8.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 6.1%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 29.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chippewa Falls
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.8/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.3/10.
Average gross rent is $1,099, 21% above the Chippewa Falls average. Food insecurity runs 8.4% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 33 filings here across 13 tracked years.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.9/10. It sits 0.7 points below the Chippewa County average of 3.7. The worst year on record was 2009, when 3.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Only 18% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55017010400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55017010400?
Census tract 55017010400 in Chippewa Falls 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 55017010400?
Median gross rent is $1,099/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55017010400?
5.0% of residents in tract 55017010400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,413.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55017010400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 11th, minority 10th, housing 51th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55017010400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 33 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55017010400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.41% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55017010400 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.4% 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.
Q7
How does tract 55017010400 compare to Chippewa Falls overall?
Tract 55017010400 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Chippewa Falls at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chippewa Falls; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Chippewa Falls
Top eight tracts in Chippewa Falls ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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