Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Wissota Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55017010700 · Chippewa County, WI · pop 8,650 · 34% of tract blocks fall in Lake Wissota
With a score of 3/10, tract 55017010700 in Lake Wissota, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 8,650. Cost burden runs about half here against 36.4% across Chippewa County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units3,641
Renter share28.7%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate9.4%
Median income$83,004
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lake Wissota and the region
Centroid at 44.9060, -91.3172 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake Wissota scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lake Wissota
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
9.4% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$992 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lake Wissota
1.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lake Wissota
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lake Wissota
1.9
How Lake Wissota compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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)
- 145Total filings over 14 yrs
- 1.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.6%Peak (2007)
- 8Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 300% over the past 14 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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.1%Food insecurity
- 11.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 6.5%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 31.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lake Wissota
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.8/10. On the softer side, housing-court posture reads 1.9/10. The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.3/10. Court records carry 145 eviction filings across 14 observed years.
Food insecurity runs 10.1% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Chippewa County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.
The worst year on record was 2007, when 2.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.7% 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 2.4/10. Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $83,004, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55017010700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55017010700?
Census tract 55017010700 in Lake Wissota 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 55017010700?
Median gross rent is $992/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55017010700?
9.4% of residents in tract 55017010700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,650.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55017010700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 8th, minority 1th, housing 29th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55017010700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 145 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 55017010700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.67% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55017010700 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55017010700 compare to Lake Wissota overall?
Tract 55017010700 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Lake Wissota at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lake Wissota; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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