Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Upper Northside Eviction Risk: Moderate , La Crosse
Tract 55063000100 · La Crosse County, WI · pop 4,519 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 55063000100 sits in the Upper Northside area of La Crosse eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. Population here is 4,519. 35% 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
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units2,136
Renter share46.3%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate19.7%
Median income$48,903
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
93
th percentile
Very High
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across La Crosse and the region
Centroid at 43.8593, -91.2286 · click any tract to drill in
Why Upper Northside scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from La Crosse
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
19.7% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,007 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from La Crosse
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from La Crosse
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from La Crosse
7.3
How Upper Northside compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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)
- 154Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2010)
- 25Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 32% over the past 7 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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.0%Food insecurity
- 16.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 33.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Upper Northside
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. about half of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the La Crosse County average of 38.5%.
It sits 1.6 points above the La Crosse County average of 4.2. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.3/10.
The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The filing record is not thin: 154 evictions over 7 years of observation.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.9/10. The worst year on record was 2010, when 3.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.2% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 76th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 5.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.9 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55063000100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55063000100?
Census tract 55063000100 in the Upper Northside neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 55063000100?
Median gross rent is $1,007/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55063000100?
19.7% of residents in tract 55063000100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,519.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55063000100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 32th, minority 31th, housing 60th.
Q5
Is tract 55063000100 considered part of Upper Northside?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55063000100 fall within Upper Northside (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55063000100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 154 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 55063000100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.16% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55063000100 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55063000100 compare to La Crosse overall?
Tract 55063000100 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of La Crosse at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from La Crosse eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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