Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
West Salem Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55063010102 · La Crosse County, WI · pop 5,227 · 82% of tract blocks fall in West Salem
With a score of 3/10, tract 55063010102 in West Salem, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,227. 18% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the La Crosse County average of 38.5%.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,957
Renter share23.6%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$92,177
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across West Salem and the region
Centroid at 43.9010, -91.0707 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Salem scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from West Salem
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,154 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Salem
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Salem
4.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Salem
4.7
How West Salem compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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)
- 39Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.5%Peak (2010)
- 8Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 7 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.
- 7.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.2%Food insecurity
- 8.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 28.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Salem
The clearest offset is economic stress at 2.4/10. Against the La Crosse County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.7/10. Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Food insecurity runs 8.2% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 39 evictions over 7 years of observation. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.9/10.
At $1,154 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of West Salem commands. The worst year on record was 2010, when 1.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.1% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 55063010102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55063010102?
Census tract 55063010102 in West Salem scores 3/10 (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 55063010102?
Median gross rent is $1,154/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55063010102?
9.7% of residents in tract 55063010102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,227.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55063010102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 77th, minority 19th, housing 80th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55063010102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 39 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 55063010102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.09% of renter households, peaking at 1.5% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55063010102 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.2% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55063010102 compare to West Salem overall?
Tract 55063010102 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of West Salem at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Salem; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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