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Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally

Wisconsin Dells Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 55021970300 · Columbia County, WI · pop 4,606 · 37% of tract blocks fall in Wisconsin Dells

Census tract 55021970300 covers part of Wisconsin Dells, WI, and scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,606 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 2.1/10.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 17% Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,996
Renter share24.9%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$73,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Wisconsin Dells
Moderate
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 13 tracts In Columbia County
High
Within state
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#476 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Elevated
National
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#44,239 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wisconsin Dells and the region

Centroid at 43.5978, -89.6245 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wisconsin Dells scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Wisconsin Dells
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$899 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wisconsin Dells
2.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wisconsin Dells
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wisconsin Dells
3.8

How Wisconsin Dells compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wisconsin Dells risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.3This tracttract 9703004.0Wisconsin Dellsparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 58

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)

  • 170Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 2.37%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.9%Peak (2015)
  • 13Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 55021970300
Filings climbed 225% over the past 15 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wisconsin Dells

The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.7/10. 34% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Columbia County average of 28.2%.

The filing record is not thin: 170 evictions over 15 years of observation. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.9/10. The worst year on record was 2015, when 5.9% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 2.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 25% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $73,000, annual rent is just 15%.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Columbia County average of 3.7 closely.

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 55021970300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55021970300?

Census tract 55021970300 in Wisconsin Dells scores 4.3/10 (Moderate 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 55021970300?

Median gross rent is $899/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55021970300?

8.4% of residents in tract 55021970300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,606.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55021970300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 36th, minority 14th, housing 90th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55021970300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 170 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 55021970300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.37% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 55021970300 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.2% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 55021970300 compare to Wisconsin Dells overall?

Tract 55021970300 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Wisconsin Dells at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wisconsin eviction laws Dells; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wisconsin Dells

Top eight tracts in Wisconsin Dells ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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