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Colony Oaks Eviction Risk: Lower , Appleton

Tract 55087011502 · Outagamie County, WI · pop 4,454 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 55087011502 runs through Colony Oaks in Appleton. With 4,454 residents, it scores 3.5/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 5% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

36% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $852 a month against an average household income of $79,231 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 23% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,896
Renter share36.0%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$79,231

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 5 tracts In Colony Oaks
Very Low
Within parent city
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#21 of 27 tracts In Appleton
Low
Within county
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#33 of 47 tracts In Outagamie County
Low
Within state
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#1,190 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Appleton and the region

Centroid at 44.2870, -88.3618 · click any tract to drill in

Why Colony Oaks scores 2.2

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
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$852 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Colony Oaks compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Colony Oaks risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.22.2This tracttract 011502Appleton: 2.92.9Appletonparent cityCounty: 2.52.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 40

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)

  • 113Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 2.01%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.8%Peak (2008)
  • 10Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2007 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 550870115022007: 15 filings (2.11/100 renter HHs)2008: 27 filings (3.79/100 renter HHs)2010: 7 filings (1.00/100 renter HHs)2011: 13 filings (1.87/100 renter HHs)2012: 8 filings (1.15/100 renter HHs)2013: 15 filings (2.16/100 renter HHs)2014: 18 filings (2.59/100 renter HHs)2017: 10 filings (1.43/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 33% 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

What moves this score most is 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 riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 40th 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.

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 55087011502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55087011502?

Census tract 55087011502 in the Colony Oaks neighborhood scores 2.2/10 (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 55087011502?

Median gross rent is $852/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55087011502?

3.4% of residents in tract 55087011502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,454.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55087011502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 25th, minority 33th, housing 79th.
Q5

Is tract 55087011502 considered part of Colony Oaks?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55087011502 fall within Colony Oaks (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55087011502?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 113 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 55087011502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.01% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55087011502 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.8% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55087011502 compare to Appleton overall?

Tract 55087011502 scores 2.2/10, 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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