Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Owen Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55019950200 · Clark County, WI · pop 4,572 · 21% of tract blocks fall in Owen
With a score of 3.2/10, tract 55019950200 in Owen, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,572 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 2.3/10.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,560
Renter share24.6%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate12.8%
Median income$68,148
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Owen and the region
Centroid at 44.9522, -90.5206 · click any tract to drill in
Why Owen scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Owen
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.2
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
12.8% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$849 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Owen
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Owen
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Owen
3.9
How Owen compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%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)
- 56Total filings over 17 yrs
- 1.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.0%Peak (2010)
- 5Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 400% over the past 19 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.
- 11.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.3%Food insecurity
- 17.0%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 12.2%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 35.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Owen
At $849 a month, rents run 24% over what the rest of Owen commands. 18% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Clark County average of 25.9%. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10.
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.6/10. Court records carry 56 eviction filings across 17 observed years. The worst year on record was 2010, when 2.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 1.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 25% 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.
Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $68,148, annual rent is just 15%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Clark County average of 3.5 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55019950200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55019950200?
Census tract 55019950200 in Owen scores 3.2/10 (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 55019950200?
Median gross rent is $849/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55019950200?
12.8% of residents in tract 55019950200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,572.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55019950200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 83th, minority 18th, housing 96th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55019950200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 56 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 55019950200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.05% of renter households, peaking at 2.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55019950200 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.9% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55019950200 compare to Owen overall?
Tract 55019950200 scores 3.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Owen at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Owen; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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