Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Rio Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55021971000 · Columbia County, WI · pop 3,991 · 15% of tract blocks fall in Rio
With a score of 3.8/10, tract 55021971000 in Rio ranks in the Lower tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 3,991 residents. That is riskier than roughly 8% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
19% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $967 monthly, set against $87,448 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,681
Renter share16.3%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$87,448
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rio and the region
Centroid at 43.3910, -89.2540 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rio scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rio
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$967 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rio
1.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rio
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rio
4.9
How Rio compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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)
- 97Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.22%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.1%Peak (2008)
- 7Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 133% 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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.4%Food insecurity
- 11.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 29.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rio
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.2/10. 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 Rio, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Columbia County average of 4.1 and below the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th 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, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 55021971000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55021971000?
Census tract 55021971000 in Rio scores 3.6/10 (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 55021971000?
Median gross rent is $967/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55021971000?
10.1% of residents in tract 55021971000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,991.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55021971000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 21th, minority 4th, housing 37th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55021971000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 97 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 55021971000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.22% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55021971000 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55021971000 compare to Rio overall?
Tract 55021971000 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Rio at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rio; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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