1 census tracts · pop 2,370 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.8/10
· range 5.8–5.8
Waterfront North is a one-tract neighborhood of La Crosse, WI and houses 2,370 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.8/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Against a La Crosse baseline of 28.9%, roughly one in two of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. This is a renter market: 92% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The severe-burden share is 29%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
Running hot is housing-court posture at 7.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 216 evictions logged in this tract. The worst year on record was 2010, when filings touched 4.6% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 3.6% in 2014 against a 4.6% peak. That places it #1 of 12 neighborhoods in La Crosse.
Social vulnerability runs high at 7.8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Average gross rent runs $1,065, close to the La Crosse average.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 5.8/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Waterfront North vs La CrosseHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority28%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport92%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Waterfront North
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
216Total filings (sum)
3.20%Avg annual filing rate
4.6%Peak year (2010)
3.58%Latest filed (2014)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Waterfront North
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
11.2%Housing insecurity
7.1%Utility shutoff threat
14.7%Food insecurity
17.0%SNAP enrollment
8.2%No health insurance
31.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Waterfront North
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Waterfront North?
Waterfront North scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Waterfront North compare to La Crosse overall?
Waterfront North scores 1.4 points higher than La Crosse overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 52% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,065 vs $1,010.
Q3
What is the average rent in Waterfront North?
Average gross rent in Waterfront North is $1,065/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Waterfront North residents are renters?
92% of Waterfront North households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in La Crosse). The neighborhood has 2,370 residents.
Q5
Is Waterfront North a high social-vulnerability area?
Waterfront North sits in the 75th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Waterfront North for landlords?
Waterfront North carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.8/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to La Crosse as a whole (4.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Waterfront North?
Waterfront North has 2,338 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (83.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (8.2%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (3.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
