Within parent city
12
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Eau Claire Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55035000302 · Eau Claire County, WI · pop 7,701 · 26% of tract blocks fall in Eau Claire
Eviction risk in Eau Claire eviction risk in Eau Claire County centers on tract 55035000302, which scores 4.1/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 7,701 residents. It lands near the 13th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 36% of renter households, a high level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,213 a month against an average household income of $100,793 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 31% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units3,394
Renter share31.1%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate6.5%
Median income$100,793
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Eau Claire and the region
Centroid at 44.7415, -91.4013 · click any tract to drill in
Why Eau Claire scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Eau Claire
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
6.5% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,213 rent vs county FMR
6.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Eau Claire
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Eau Claire
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Eau Claire
5.3
How Eau Claire compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%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)
- 122Total filings over 10 yrs
- 1.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2009)
- 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 54% over the past 10 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.
- 6.5%Housing insecurity
- 3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.3%Food insecurity
- 7.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 14.0%Frequent mental distress
- 26.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Eau Claire
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.7/10. 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 Eau Claire eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Eau Claire County average of 4.0 and below the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 122 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 1.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.4% of renter households in 2009.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55035000302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55035000302?
Census tract 55035000302 in Eau Claire scores 3.1/10 (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 55035000302?
Median gross rent is $1,213/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55035000302?
6.5% of residents in tract 55035000302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,701.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55035000302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 35th, minority 16th, housing 75th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55035000302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 122 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 55035000302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.46% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55035000302 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.5% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55035000302 compare to Eau Claire overall?
Tract 55035000302 scores 3.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Eau Claire at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Eau Claire eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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