Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Pulaski Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55009021600 · Brown County, WI · pop 6,471 · 41% of tract blocks fall in Pulaski
With a score of $1/10, tract 55009021600 in Pulaski in Brown County ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 6,471 residents. It lands near the 37th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 45% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $791 a month against an average household income of $74,476 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 27% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units2,455
Renter share26.8%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$74,476
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pulaski and the region
Centroid at 44.6338, -88.1851 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pulaski scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pulaski
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$791 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pulaski
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pulaski
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pulaski
5.3
How Pulaski compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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)
- 227Total filings over 10 yrs
- 4.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.8%Peak (2014)
- 22Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 450% over the past 10 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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.3%Food insecurity
- 12.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 29.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pulaski
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.2/10. 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 Pulaski, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Brown County average of 4.3 and above the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 227 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 4.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.8% of renter households in 2014.
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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55009021600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55009021600?
Census tract 55009021600 in Pulaski scores 2.6/10 (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 55009021600?
Median gross rent is $791/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55009021600?
7.0% of residents in tract 55009021600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,471.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55009021600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 32th, minority 20th, housing 84th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55009021600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 227 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 55009021600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.23% of renter households, peaking at 7.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55009021600 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55009021600 compare to Pulaski overall?
Tract 55009021600 scores 2.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Pulaski at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pulaski; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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