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Neighborhood · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally

Lumber River Eviction Risk: Moderate , Oshkosh

Tract 55139000800 · Winnebago County, WI · pop 2,810 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Lumber River in Oshkosh anchors census tract 55139000800, which lands at 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 33% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,193 a month against an average household income of $58,193 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 23% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,422
Renter share37.6%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$58,193

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Lumber River
Low
Within parent city
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#13 of 21 tracts In Oshkosh
Moderate
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 45 tracts In Winnebago County
Elevated
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#434 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Oshkosh and the region

Centroid at 44.0357, -88.5542 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lumber River scores 4.1

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
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,193 rent vs county FMR
6.3
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 Lumber River compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lumber River risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.14.1This tracttract 000800Oshkosh: 2.92.9Oshkoshparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 37

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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.

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)

  • 203Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 3.53%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.4%Peak (2008)
  • 13Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 551390008002002: 6 filings (1.16/100 renter HHs)2007: 23 filings (5.13/100 renter HHs)2008: 24 filings (5.36/100 renter HHs)2009: 16 filings (3.57/100 renter HHs)2010: 18 filings (3.36/100 renter HHs)2011: 14 filings (2.76/100 renter HHs)2012: 21 filings (4.13/100 renter HHs)2013: 21 filings (4.13/100 renter HHs)2014: 20 filings (3.94/100 renter HHs)2015: 14 filings (2.76/100 renter HHs)2016: 13 filings (3.02/100 renter HHs)2017: 13 filings (3.02/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 117% over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Lumber River. 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 Lumber River

The heaviest input here 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 37th 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 203 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 3.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.4% of renter households in 2008.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 55139000800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55139000800?

Census tract 55139000800 in the Lumber River neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 55139000800?

Median gross rent is $1,193/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55139000800?

9.5% of residents in tract 55139000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,810.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55139000800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 56th, minority 25th, housing 28th.
Q5

Is tract 55139000800 considered part of Lumber River?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55139000800 fall within Lumber River (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55139000800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 203 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 55139000800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.53% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55139000800 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.1% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55139000800 compare to Oshkosh overall?

Tract 55139000800 scores 4.1/10, 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.
Q9

Was tract 55139000800 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 7% 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.

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