Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Howards Grove Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55117010200 ·
Sheboygan County, WI · pop 4,799 · 53% of tract blocks fall in Howards Grove
Census tract 55117010200 covers part of Howards Grove, WI, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%Stable renters 13%Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,983
Renter share19.3%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$82,679
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Howards Grove
Moderate
Within county
11th percentile
#25 of 28 tracts In Sheboygan County
Very Low
Within state
29th percentile
#1,083 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Low
National
20th percentile
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Howards Grove and the region
Centroid at 43.8286, -87.8665 · click any tract to drill in
Why Howards Grove scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Howards Grove
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$710 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Howards Grove
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Howards Grove
5.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Howards Grove
3.8
How Howards Grove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
6%Socioeconomic
9%Household composition
13%Racial/ethnic minority
34%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
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
7.7%Housing insecurity
4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
9.1%Food insecurity
8.6%SNAP enrollment
5.7%Transit barriers
6.4%No health insurance
16.4%Frequent mental distress
26.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Howards Grove
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.4/10.
32% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Sheboygan County average of 27.5%. Food insecurity runs 9.1% against 17.8% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 26 filings here across 14 tracked years. Against the Sheboygan County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.
The worst year on record was 2000, when 1.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 0.8% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 19% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.6/10. Rent consumes only 10% of average household income of $82,679, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
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 55117010200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55117010200?
Census tract 55117010200 in Howards Grove scores 3/10 (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 55117010200?
Median gross rent is $710/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55117010200?
4.2% of residents in tract 55117010200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,799.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55117010200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 9th, minority 13th, housing 34th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55117010200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 26 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 55117010200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.79% of renter households, peaking at 1.2% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55117010200 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55117010200 compare to Howards Grove overall?
Tract 55117010200 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Howards Grove at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Howards Grove; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.