Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Portage Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55021970401 · Columbia County, WI · pop 2,911 · 75% of tract blocks fall in Portage
Portage in Columbia County anchors census tract 55021970401, which lands at 4.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 19% of US census tracts.
About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,170 a month against an average household income of $65,694 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 56% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units995
Renter share55.8%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$65,694
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portage and the region
Centroid at 43.5708, -89.5141 · click any tract to drill in
Why Portage scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Portage
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,170 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Portage
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Portage
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Portage
5.4
How Portage compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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.
- 13.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.7%Food insecurity
- 15.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 11.3%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 31.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Portage
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Portage, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Columbia County average of 4.1 and in line with the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 72nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55021970401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55021970401?
Census tract 55021970401 in Portage scores 3.5/10 (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 55021970401?
Median gross rent is $1,170/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55021970401?
5.5% of residents in tract 55021970401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,911.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55021970401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 64th, minority 35th, housing 94th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 55021970401 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.1% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 55021970401 compare to Portage overall?
Tract 55021970401 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Portage at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Portage; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Portage
Top eight tracts in Portage ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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