Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Chain O' Lakes Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55135100500 · Waupaca County, WI · pop 2,949 · 12% of tract blocks fall in Chain O' Lakes
With a score of 3/10, tract 55135100500 in Chain O' Lakes, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,949 residents. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 8.6/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,255
Renter share29.6%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$71,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chain O' Lakes and the region
Centroid at 44.3855, -89.1628 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chain O' Lakes scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Chain O' Lakes
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$951 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chain O' Lakes
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chain O' Lakes
4.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chain O' Lakes
5.4
How Chain O' Lakes compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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)
- 58Total filings over 17 yrs
- 1.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.6%Peak (2011)
- 5Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 150% over the past 19 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.
- 5.7%Housing insecurity
- 3.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.5%Food insecurity
- 7.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.4%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 11.9%Frequent mental distress
- 33.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chain O' Lakes
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.7/10. Average gross rent is $951, 24% above the Chain O' Lakes average.
Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10. Food insecurity runs 7.5% against 17.8% nationally.
39% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Waupaca County average of 34.2%. The filing record is not thin: 58 evictions over 17 years of observation. It sits 0.7 points below the Waupaca County average of 3.7.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2011, when 1.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.5% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.6/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55135100500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55135100500?
Census tract 55135100500 in Chain O' Lakes 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 55135100500?
Median gross rent is $951/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55135100500?
6.6% of residents in tract 55135100500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,949.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55135100500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 39th, minority 6th, housing 56th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55135100500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 58 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 55135100500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.49% of renter households, peaking at 1.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55135100500 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.7% 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. 3.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55135100500 compare to Chain O' Lakes overall?
Tract 55135100500 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Chain O' Lakes at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chain O' Lakes; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Chain O' Lakes
Top eight tracts in Chain O' Lakes ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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