Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
7th Street Waterfront Eviction Risk: Moderate , La Crosse
Tract 55063000900 · La Crosse County, WI · pop 3,846 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 55063000900 covers part of the 7th Street Waterfront area of La Crosse, WI, and scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units2,109
Renter share68.0%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate24.0%
Median income$36,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
87
th percentile
High
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across La Crosse and the region
Centroid at 43.7906, -91.2449 · click any tract to drill in
Why 7th Street Waterfront scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from La Crosse
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
24.0% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$982 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from La Crosse
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from La Crosse
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from La Crosse
7.3
How 7th Street Waterfront compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%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)
- 308Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.39%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2009)
- 61Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 79% over the past 7 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.
- 12.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.6%Food insecurity
- 18.7%SNAP enrollment
- 9.6%Transit barriers
- 9.3%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 36.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in 7th Street Waterfront
The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. This is renter territory: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Against the La Crosse County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. Against La Crosse County at 38.5%, 47% of renters here are cost-burdened.
The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.3/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 308 filings here across 7 tracked years.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.9/10. Filings peaked in 2009 at 4.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55063000900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55063000900?
Census tract 55063000900 in the 7th Street Waterfront neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (Moderate 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 55063000900?
Median gross rent is $982/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55063000900?
24.0% of residents in tract 55063000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,846.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55063000900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 40th, minority 19th, housing 98th.
Q5
Is tract 55063000900 considered part of 7th Street Waterfront?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55063000900 fall within 7th Street Waterfront (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55063000900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 308 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 55063000900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.39% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55063000900 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.1% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55063000900 compare to La Crosse overall?
Tract 55063000900 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of La Crosse at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from La Crosse eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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