Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Germantown Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55131470203 · Washington County, WI · pop 5,347
Census tract 55131470203 sits in Germantown eviction risk, Wisconsin eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 3.8/10. That is riskier than about 8% of US census tracts.
About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,285 a month against an average household income of $73,750 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units2,459
Renter share53.2%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$73,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Germantown and the region
Centroid at 43.2278, -88.1009 · click any tract to drill in
Why Germantown scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Germantown
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,285 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Germantown
3.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Germantown
5.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Germantown
3.0
How Germantown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%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)
- 216Total filings over 18 yrs
- 1.53%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2009)
- 13Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 86% over the past 18 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.
- 9.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.4%Food insecurity
- 11.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 7.5%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 27.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Germantown
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 5.4/10. 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 Germantown 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 Washington County average of 3.9 and below the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 31st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 55131470203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55131470203?
Census tract 55131470203 in Germantown scores 2.4/10 (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 55131470203?
Median gross rent is $1,285/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55131470203?
5.8% of residents in tract 55131470203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,347.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55131470203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 52th, minority 27th, housing 42th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55131470203?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 216 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 55131470203 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.53% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55131470203 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.0% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55131470203 compare to Germantown overall?
Tract 55131470203 scores 2.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Germantown at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Germantown eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Germantown
Top eight tracts in Germantown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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