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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
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Howards Grove
Moderate
Within county
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 28 tracts In Sheboygan County
Very Low
Within state
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#1,083 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#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.
Howards Grove risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0102003.2Howards Groveparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 7

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)

  • 26Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 0.79%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.2%Peak (2000)
  • 1Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 55117010200
Filings dropped 67% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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 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.
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