Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Northridge Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chippewa Falls
Tract 55017010300 · Chippewa County, WI · pop 5,401 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 55017010300 covers part of the Northridge area of Chippewa Falls, WI, and scores 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,401. 29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units2,366
Renter share36.3%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$67,551
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chippewa Falls and the region
Centroid at 44.9342, -91.4104 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northridge scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Chippewa Falls
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
12.3% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$849 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chippewa Falls
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chippewa Falls
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chippewa Falls
5.1
How Northridge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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)
- 364Total filings over 14 yrs
- 2.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.3%Peak (2011)
- 38Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 533% over the past 14 months.
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.
- 9.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.6%Food insecurity
- 13.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 32.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northridge
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.8/10. Cost burden runs 43% here against 36.4% across Chippewa County.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.8/10. Court records carry 364 eviction filings across 14 observed years. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.9/10.
It sits 0.8 points above the Chippewa County average of 3.7. The worst year on record was 2011, when 5.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.9% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 51st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 3.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $67,551, annual rent is just 15%. Average gross rent is $849, close to the Chippewa Falls average.
36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 55017010300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55017010300?
Census tract 55017010300 in the Northridge neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 55017010300?
Median gross rent is $849/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55017010300?
12.3% of residents in tract 55017010300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,401.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55017010300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 26th, minority 12th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 55017010300 considered part of Northridge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55017010300 fall within Northridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55017010300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 364 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 55017010300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.92% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55017010300 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.6% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55017010300 compare to Chippewa Falls overall?
Tract 55017010300 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Chippewa Falls at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chippewa Falls; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Chippewa Falls
Top eight tracts in Chippewa Falls ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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