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Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally

Barton Eviction Risk: Moderate , West Bend

Tract 55131420401 · Washington County, WI · pop 2,562 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

55131420401 is a census tract in the Barton area of West Bend, WI. It scores 5/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,562 residents. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 28% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,080
Renter share50.0%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$69,231

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Barton
Elevated
Within parent city
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 11 tracts In West Bend
Very High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 30 tracts In Washington County
Very High
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#245 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across West Bend and the region

Centroid at 43.4246, -88.1825 · click any tract to drill in

Why Barton scores 5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from West Bend
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,052 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Bend
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Bend
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Bend
5.4

How Barton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Barton risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.0This tracttract 4204013.8West Bendparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 42

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)

  • 141Total filings over 18 yrs
  • 1.45%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.1%Peak (2013)
  • 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 55131420401
Filings dropped 33% over the past 18 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Barton. 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 Barton

Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 2.8/10. Cost burden runs 43% here against 36.7% across Washington County.

Against the Washington County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.8/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 141 filings here across 18 tracked years. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.9/10. Food insecurity runs 10.8% against 17.8% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2013 at 3.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.5% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,052, close to the West Bend average.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 55131420401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55131420401?

Census tract 55131420401 in the Barton neighborhood scores 5/10 (Moderate 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 55131420401?

Median gross rent is $1,052/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55131420401?

11.2% of residents in tract 55131420401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,562.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55131420401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 17th, minority 20th, housing 74th.
Q5

Is tract 55131420401 considered part of Barton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55131420401 fall within Barton (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55131420401?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 141 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 55131420401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.45% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55131420401 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.8% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55131420401 compare to West Bend overall?

Tract 55131420401 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of West Bend at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Bend eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in West Bend

Top eight tracts in West Bend ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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