Neighborhood · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Highclere Eviction Risk: Lower , Eau Claire
Tract 55035000502 ·
Eau Claire County, WI · pop 4,656 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
In Highclere in Eau Claire, census tract 55035000502 scores 3.7/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 7th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 25% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,121 a month against an average household income of $85,000 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%Stable renters 16%Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units2,026
Renter share21.4%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$85,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Highclere
Moderate
Within parent city
29th percentile
#13 of 18 tracts In Eau Claire
Low
Within county
43th percentile
#13 of 22 tracts In Eau Claire County
Moderate
Within state
58th percentile
#643 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Eau Claire and the region
Centroid at 44.8448, -91.4542 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highclere scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,121 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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 Highclere compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
9%Socioeconomic
19%Household composition
24%Racial/ethnic minority
49%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)
58Total filings over 10 yrs
1.38%Avg annual filing rate
2.0%Peak (2013)
5Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2008 to 2017
Filings dropped 29% over the past 10 months.
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.
7.9%Housing insecurity
4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
9.0%Food insecurity
9.0%SNAP enrollment
5.5%Transit barriers
6.2%No health insurance
15.5%Frequent mental distress
26.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highclere
The heaviest input here is 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 safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th 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 7.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 55035000502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55035000502?
Census tract 55035000502 in the Highclere neighborhood 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 55035000502?
Median gross rent is $1,121/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55035000502?
7.3% of residents in tract 55035000502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,656.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55035000502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 19th, minority 24th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 55035000502 considered part of Highclere?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55035000502 fall within Highclere (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55035000502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 58 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 55035000502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.38% of renter households, peaking at 2.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55035000502 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55035000502 compare to Eau Claire overall?
Tract 55035000502 scores 3.5/10, higher than 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Eau Claire
Top eight tracts in Eau Claire ranked by composite eviction-risk score.