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Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally

Emerald Valley Eviction Risk: Lower , Onalaska

Tract 55063010500 · La Crosse County, WI · pop 5,833 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

55063010500 is a census tract in the Emerald Valley area of Onalaska, WI. It scores 3.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,833 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.6/10.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 25% Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units2,697
Renter share39.6%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$61,487

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Emerald Valley
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Onalaska
Very High
Within county
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 28 tracts In La Crosse County
Moderate
Within state
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#723 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Onalaska and the region

Centroid at 43.8738, -91.1969 · click any tract to drill in

Why Emerald Valley scores 3.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Onalaska
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,021 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Onalaska
4.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Onalaska
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Onalaska
3.9

How Emerald Valley compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Emerald Valley risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.7This tracttract 0105003.9Onalaskaparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 56

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)

  • 58Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 1.04%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.9%Peak (2010)
  • 6Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 55063010500
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Emerald Valley

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.7/10. Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally.

On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.8/10. Court records carry 58 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Severe burden reaches 9%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Average gross rent is $1,021, 10% below the Onalaska average. Filings peaked in 2010 at 1.9% of renter households.

In a typical year about 1.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 36% of renters.

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 55063010500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55063010500?

Census tract 55063010500 in the Emerald Valley neighborhood 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 55063010500?

Median gross rent is $1,021/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55063010500?

6.6% of residents in tract 55063010500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,833.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55063010500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 63th, minority 33th, housing 95th.
Q5

Is tract 55063010500 considered part of Emerald Valley?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55063010500 fall within Emerald Valley (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55063010500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 58 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 55063010500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.04% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55063010500 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.4% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55063010500 compare to Onalaska overall?

Tract 55063010500 scores 3.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Onalaska at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Onalaska eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Onalaska

Top eight tracts in Onalaska ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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