Neighborhood · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally

Middle Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Oshkosh

Tract 55139000501 · Winnebago County, WI · pop 2,864 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

For landlords sizing up Middle Village in Oshkosh, census tract 55139000501 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. That is riskier than about 47% of US census tracts.

About 41% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,060 a month against an average household income of $57,654 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 94% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.3

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 56% Owners 6%

Tract context

Occupied units1,320

Renter share93.9%

SVI overall0.25

Poverty rate26.3%

Median income$57,654

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Oshkosh and the region

Centroid at 44.0192, -88.5413 · click any tract to drill in

Why Middle Village scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Oshkosh

5.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.8

State political climate

Wisconsin legislature & governorship

2.9

Economic stress

26.3% poverty · this tract

6.6

Supply constraint

$1,060 rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Oshkosh

4.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Oshkosh

8.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Oshkosh

5.8

How Middle Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 25

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

62%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
33%Racial/ethnic minority
40%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
6%Grade C
16%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Middle Village. 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.

13.2%Housing insecurity
7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
17.4%Food insecurity
18.9%SNAP enrollment
11.4%Transit barriers
9.5%No health insurance
22.0%Frequent mental distress
32.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Middle Village

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. 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 Oshkosh eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Winnebago County average of 4.6 and above the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 13.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 16% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 55139000501

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55139000501?

Census tract 55139000501 in the Middle Village neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 55139000501?

Median gross rent is $1,060/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 55139000501?

26.3% of residents in tract 55139000501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,864.

How socially vulnerable is tract 55139000501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 1th, minority 33th, housing 40th.

Is tract 55139000501 considered part of Middle Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55139000501 fall within Middle Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 55139000501 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.2% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 55139000501 compare to Oshkosh overall?

Tract 55139000501 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Oshkosh at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oshkosh eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 55139000501 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 16% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Oshkosh

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