Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Columbus Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55021971200 · Columbia County, WI · pop 5,673 · 77% of tract blocks fall in Columbus
Census tract 55021971200 covers Columbus in Columbia County, home to 5,673 residents. For landlords it grades $1/10, a moderate reading. On the national scale it ranks #74,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 32% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $813 a month while the average household earns $77,879 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 33% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
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 county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
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 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 198Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.87%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2012)
- 12Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.1%Food insecurity
- 9.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 27.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Columbus
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.1/10. 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 Columbus, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 34th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.6% 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 55021971200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55021971200?
Census tract 55021971200 in Columbus scores 2.5/10 (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 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Columbus at 2.8/10. 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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