Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Colony Oaks Eviction Risk: Lower , Appleton
Tract 55087011502 · Outagamie County, WI · pop 4,454 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
55087011502 is a census tract in the Colony Oaks area of Appleton, WI. It scores 3.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,454. Pulling hardest the other way is court filing pressure at 0.9/10.
Risk score
3.5
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 parent city
23
th percentile
Low
Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
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 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%Housing & transportation
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 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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.4%Food insecurity
- 9.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 14.6%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Colony Oaks
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Average gross rent is $852, 17% below the Appleton average.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.7/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 113 filings here across 8 tracked years. Food insecurity runs 9.4% against 17.8% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2008 at 3.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.0% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 31% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.6/10.
Against average income of $79,231, annual rent is just 13%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
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 3.5/10 (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 3.5/10, right in line with 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.
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