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Colony Oaks Eviction Risk: Moderate , Appleton

Tract 55087010601 · Outagamie County, WI · pop 3,856 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 4.9/10, tract 55087010601 in the Colony Oaks area of Appleton, WI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,856 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is court filing pressure at 0.9/10.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 34% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,735
Renter share49.6%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate14.5%
Median income$69,313

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Colony Oaks
Very High
Within parent city
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#6 of 27 tracts In Appleton
High
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 47 tracts In Outagamie County
Very High
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#282 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Appleton and the region

Centroid at 44.2658, -88.3678 · click any tract to drill in

Why Colony Oaks scores 4.9

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
14.5% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$891 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Colony Oaks compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Colony Oaks risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.9This tracttract 0106013.7Appletonparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 52

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)

  • 143Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 3.00%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.5%Peak (2008)
  • 19Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2007 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 55087010601
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Colony Oaks. 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 Colony Oaks

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.9/10. It sits 1.0 points above the Outagamie County average of 3.9.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 143 filings here across 8 tracked years. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.1/10. At $891 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Appleton commands.

Filings peaked in 2008 at 4.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 5.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $69,313, annual rent is just 15%.

Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 32% of renters. 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 55087010601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55087010601?

Census tract 55087010601 in the Colony Oaks neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 55087010601?

Median gross rent is $891/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55087010601?

14.5% of residents in tract 55087010601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,856.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55087010601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 66th, minority 42th, housing 60th.
Q5

Is tract 55087010601 considered part of Colony Oaks?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55087010601 fall within Colony Oaks (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55087010601?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 143 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 55087010601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.00% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55087010601 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.2% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55087010601 compare to Appleton overall?

Tract 55087010601 scores 4.9/10, 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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