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Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally

Columbus Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 55021971200 · Columbia County, WI · pop 5,673 · 77% of tract blocks fall in Columbus

With a score of 3.5/10, tract 55021971200 in Columbus, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,673 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 2/10.

Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 22% Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units2,518
Renter share32.6%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$77,879

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Columbus
Moderate
Within county
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#8 of 13 tracts In Columbia County
Moderate
Within state
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#814 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Moderate
National
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#57,812 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 43.3213, -89.0421 · click any tract to drill in

Why Columbus scores 3.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Columbus
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$813 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Columbus
2.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Columbus
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Columbus
3.6

How Columbus compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Columbus risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.5This tracttract 9712003.4Columbusparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 34

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)

  • 198Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 1.87%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.5%Peak (2012)
  • 12Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 55021971200
Filings stayed roughly flat 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 Columbus

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.5/10. Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.7/10. Food insecurity runs 9.1% against 17.8% nationally.

Court records carry 198 eviction filings across 15 observed years. The worst year on record was 2012, when 3.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.9% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #57,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $77,879, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

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 55021971200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55021971200?

Census tract 55021971200 in Columbus 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 55021971200?

Median gross rent is $813/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55021971200?

7.9% of residents in tract 55021971200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,673.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55021971200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 51th, minority 13th, housing 61th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55021971200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 198 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 55021971200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.87% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 55021971200 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.1% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 55021971200 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 55021971200 scores 3.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Columbus at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Columbus; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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