Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Portage Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55021970600 · Columbia County, WI · pop 5,050 · 5% of tract blocks fall in Portage
In Portage, census tract 55021970600 scores 3.6/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 6% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 10% of renter households, a modest level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $885 monthly, set against $82,063 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units2,080
Renter share11.3%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$82,063
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portage and the region
Centroid at 43.5093, -89.4635 · click any tract to drill in
Why Portage scores 3.2
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
$885 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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)
- 57Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.4%Peak (2007)
- 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 200% 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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.7%Food insecurity
- 10.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 31.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Portage
What moves this score most 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 below the Columbia County average of 4.1 and below the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 57 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 1.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.4% of renter households in 2007.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 55021970600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55021970600?
Census tract 55021970600 in Portage 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 55021970600?
Median gross rent is $885/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 10% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55021970600?
5.5% of residents in tract 55021970600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,050.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55021970600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 43th, minority 14th, housing 48th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55021970600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 57 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 55021970600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.82% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55021970600 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55021970600 compare to Portage overall?
Tract 55021970600 scores 3.2/10, right in line with 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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