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Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally

Eau Claire Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 55035001500 · Eau Claire County, WI · pop 3,778 · 28% of tract blocks fall in Eau Claire

Census tract 55035001500 covers Eau Claire in Eau Claire County, home to 3,778 residents. For landlords it grades 3.8/10, a lower reading. That is riskier than about 8% of US census tracts.

24% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,187 a month while the average household earns $82,977 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 32% Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,589
Renter share42.0%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$82,977

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 18 tracts In Eau Claire
Moderate
Within county
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#11 of 22 tracts In Eau Claire County
Moderate
Within state
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#564 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Elevated
National
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#46,312 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Eau Claire and the region

Centroid at 44.8218, -91.5996 · click any tract to drill in

Why Eau Claire scores 3.7

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
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,187 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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.
Eau Claire risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.73.7This tracttract 001500Eau Claire: 2.92.9Eau Claireparent cityCounty: 3.93.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 21

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)

  • 32Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 0.69%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.5%Peak (2009)
  • 1Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2008 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 550350015002008: 4 filings (1.03/100 renter HHs)2009: 6 filings (1.54/100 renter HHs)2010: 4 filings (0.81/100 renter HHs)2011: 3 filings (0.59/100 renter HHs)2012: 1 filings (0.20/100 renter HHs)2013: 5 filings (0.99/100 renter HHs)2014: 4 filings (0.79/100 renter HHs)2015: 3 filings (0.59/100 renter HHs)2016: 1 filings (0.20/100 renter HHs)2017: 1 filings (0.20/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 75% 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.

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 safer side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 32 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 0.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.5% of renter households in 2009.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 21st 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.

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 55035001500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55035001500?

Census tract 55035001500 in Eau Claire scores 3.7/10 (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 55035001500?

Median gross rent is $1,187/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55035001500?

9.2% of residents in tract 55035001500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,778.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55035001500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 20th, minority 10th, housing 59th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55035001500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 55035001500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.69% of renter households, peaking at 1.5% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 55035001500 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 55035001500 compare to Eau Claire overall?

Tract 55035001500 scores 3.7/10, 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.

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