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Neighborhood · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally

Bell Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Appleton

Tract 55087011200 · Outagamie County, WI · pop 2,946 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 55087011200 belongs to the Bell Heights neighborhood of Appleton, Wisconsin. It is home to 2,946 residents and scores 3.4/10, a lower reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #80,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 26% of renter households, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,071 a month while the average household earns $79,464 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 24% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 18% Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,075
Renter share24.4%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate6.5%
Median income$79,464

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Bell Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 27 tracts In Appleton
Low
Within county
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 47 tracts In Outagamie County
Moderate
Within state
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#1,112 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Appleton and the region

Centroid at 44.2768, -88.4259 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bell Heights scores 2.4

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
6.5% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,071 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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 Bell Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bell Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.42.4This tracttract 011200Appleton: 2.92.9Appletonparent cityCounty: 2.52.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 46

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)

  • 70Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 4.31%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.6%Peak (2017)
  • 13Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2007 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 550870112002007: 7 filings (3.98/100 renter HHs)2008: 8 filings (4.55/100 renter HHs)2010: 6 filings (2.63/100 renter HHs)2011: 12 filings (6.22/100 renter HHs)2012: 9 filings (4.66/100 renter HHs)2013: 8 filings (4.15/100 renter HHs)2014: 7 filings (3.63/100 renter HHs)2017: 13 filings (4.64/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 86% over the past 8 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 Bell Heights

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Appleton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Outagamie County average of 3.5 and below the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 46th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 55087011200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55087011200?

Census tract 55087011200 in the Bell Heights neighborhood scores 2.4/10 (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 55087011200?

Median gross rent is $1,071/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55087011200?

6.5% of residents in tract 55087011200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,946.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55087011200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 76th, minority 48th, housing 33th.
Q5

Is tract 55087011200 considered part of Bell Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55087011200 fall within Bell Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55087011200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 70 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 55087011200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.31% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55087011200 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.5% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55087011200 compare to Appleton overall?

Tract 55087011200 scores 2.4/10, lower than the parent city of Appleton at 2.9/10. 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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