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Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Weigent Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , La Crosse

Tract 55063000800 · La Crosse County, WI · pop 3,267 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

55063000800 is a census tract in the Weigent Park area of La Crosse, WI. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. 54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the La Crosse County average of 38.5%.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 19% Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,096
Renter share42.2%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate19.7%
Median income$77,059

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Weigent Park
Moderate
Within parent city
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 16 tracts In La Crosse
Moderate
Within county
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 28 tracts In La Crosse County
Elevated
Within state
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#195 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across La Crosse and the region

Centroid at 43.8071, -91.2336 · click any tract to drill in

Why Weigent Park scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
$1,091 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 Weigent Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Weigent Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 0008004.4La Crosseparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 38

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 71Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 1.67%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.5%Peak (2009)
  • 13Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 55063000800
Filings climbed 160% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Weigent Park

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 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. Against the La Crosse County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points.

Court records carry 71 eviction filings across 7 observed years. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.9/10. Food insecurity runs 10.4% against 17.8% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2009 at 2.5% of renter households. At $1,091 a month, rents run 8% over what the rest of La Crosse commands. In a typical year about 1.7% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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 55063000800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55063000800?

Census tract 55063000800 in the Weigent Park neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 55063000800?

Median gross rent is $1,091/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55063000800?

19.7% of residents in tract 55063000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,267.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55063000800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 25th, minority 26th, housing 75th.
Q5

Is tract 55063000800 considered part of Weigent Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55063000800 fall within Weigent Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55063000800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 71 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 55063000800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.67% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55063000800 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.4% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55063000800 compare to La Crosse overall?

Tract 55063000800 scores 5.2/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in La Crosse

Top eight tracts in La Crosse ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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