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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Historic Central Eviction Risk: Moderate , Appleton

Tract 55087010100 · Outagamie County, WI · pop 2,651 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

55087010100 is a census tract in the Historic Central area of Appleton, WI. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,651. Cost burden runs 52% here against 33.5% across Outagamie County.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 28% Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,019
Renter share59.1%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate15.0%
Median income$38,962

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Historic Central
Very High
Within parent city
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 27 tracts In Appleton
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 47 tracts In Outagamie County
Very High
Within state
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#218 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Appleton and the region

Centroid at 44.2647, -88.4062 · click any tract to drill in

Why Historic Central scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Appleton
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
15.0% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$889 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Appleton
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Appleton
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Appleton
4.2

How Historic Central compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Historic Central risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 0101003.7Appletonparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 59

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)

  • 133Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 3.01%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.8%Peak (2008)
  • 19Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2007 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 55087010100
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Historic Central. 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 Historic Central

The clearest offset is court filing pressure at 0.9/10. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

It sits 1.2 points above the Outagamie County average of 3.9. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.9/10.

The filing record is not thin: 133 evictions over 8 years of observation. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.1/10.

At $889 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Appleton commands. Filings peaked in 2008 at 3.8% of renter households.

In a typical year about 3.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 6.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $38,962. 59% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 55087010100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55087010100?

Census tract 55087010100 in the Historic Central neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 55087010100?

Median gross rent is $889/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55087010100?

15.0% of residents in tract 55087010100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,651.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55087010100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 32th, minority 29th, housing 68th.
Q5

Is tract 55087010100 considered part of Historic Central?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55087010100 fall within Historic Central (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55087010100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 133 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 55087010100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.01% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55087010100 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.8% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55087010100 compare to Appleton overall?

Tract 55087010100 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Appleton at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Appleton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Appleton

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

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