Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Portage Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 55021970401 · Columbia County, WI · pop 2,911 · 75% of tract blocks fall in Portage
With a score of 4.2/10, tract 55021970401 in Portage, WI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.4/10.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units995
Renter share55.8%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$65,694
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portage and the region
Centroid at 43.5708, -89.5141 · click any tract to drill in
Why Portage scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Portage
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,170 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Portage
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Portage
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Portage
5.4
How Portage compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%Housing & transportation
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.
- 13.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.7%Food insecurity
- 15.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 11.3%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 31.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Portage
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. 17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
around a third of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Columbia County average of 28.2%. Average gross rent is $1,170, 16% above the Portage average. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.9/10.
That is riskier than roughly 46% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.4/10.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
It tracks the Columbia County average of 3.7 closely. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $65,694. 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55021970401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55021970401?
Census tract 55021970401 in Portage scores 4.2/10 (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 55021970401?
Median gross rent is $1,170/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55021970401?
5.5% of residents in tract 55021970401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,911.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55021970401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 64th, minority 35th, housing 94th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 55021970401 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.1% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 55021970401 compare to Portage overall?
Tract 55021970401 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Portage at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Portage; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Portage
Top eight tracts in Portage ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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