Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Columbus Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55021971200 · Columbia County, WI · pop 5,673 · 77% of tract blocks fall in Columbus
With a score of 3.5/10, tract 55021971200 in Columbus, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,673 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 2/10.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units2,518
Renter share32.6%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$77,879
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 43.3213, -89.0421 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbus scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Columbus
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$813 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Columbus
2.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Columbus
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Columbus
3.6
How Columbus compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 198Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.87%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2012)
- 12Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.1%Food insecurity
- 9.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 27.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Columbus
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.5/10. Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.7/10. Food insecurity runs 9.1% against 17.8% nationally.
Court records carry 198 eviction filings across 15 observed years. The worst year on record was 2012, when 3.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #57,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $77,879, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
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 55021971200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55021971200?
Census tract 55021971200 in Columbus scores 3.5/10 (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 55021971200?
Median gross rent is $813/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55021971200?
7.9% of residents in tract 55021971200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,673.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55021971200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 51th, minority 13th, housing 61th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55021971200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 198 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 55021971200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.87% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55021971200 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55021971200 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 55021971200 scores 3.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Columbus at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Columbus; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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