Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Poynette Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55021970700 · Columbia County, WI · pop 4,320 · 42% of tract blocks fall in Poynette
Tract 55021970700 sits in Poynette, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.3/10. It is home to 4,320 residents. The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,881
Renter share19.9%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate10.6%
Median income$92,067
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
40
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Poynette and the region
Centroid at 43.4192, -89.4481 · click any tract to drill in
Why Poynette scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Poynette
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
10.6% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$781 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Poynette
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Poynette
5.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Poynette
4.5
How Poynette compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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)
- 102Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.0%Peak (2010)
- 1Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 90% 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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.3%Food insecurity
- 11.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 29.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Poynette
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 2.2/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.6/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.6/10.
The filing record is not thin: 102 evictions over 15 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 10.3% against 17.8% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2010 at 3.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 20% 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 1.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 10% of average household income of $92,067, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55021970700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55021970700?
Census tract 55021970700 in Poynette scores 3.3/10 (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 55021970700?
Median gross rent is $781/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55021970700?
10.6% of residents in tract 55021970700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,320.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55021970700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 16th, minority 10th, housing 35th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55021970700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 102 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 55021970700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.73% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55021970700 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55021970700 compare to Poynette overall?
Tract 55021970700 scores 3.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Poynette at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Poynette; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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