Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Onalaska Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55063010401 · La Crosse County, WI · pop 5,680 · 40% of tract blocks fall in Onalaska
55063010401 is a census tract in Onalaska, WI. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,680. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units2,209
Renter share19.2%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate0.9%
Median income$109,479
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Onalaska and the region
Centroid at 43.9252, -91.1456 · click any tract to drill in
Why Onalaska scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Onalaska
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
0.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,126 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Onalaska
4.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Onalaska
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Onalaska
3.9
How Onalaska compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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)
- 26Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.30%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.0%Peak (2009)
- 4Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 300% over the past 7 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.
- 5.6%Housing insecurity
- 3.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.9%Food insecurity
- 5.6%SNAP enrollment
- 3.9%Transit barriers
- 4.5%No health insurance
- 12.9%Frequent mental distress
- 24.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Onalaska
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.7/10. Against the La Crosse County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. Housing insecurity runs 5.6% against 14.2% nationally.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.8/10. Court records carry 26 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Filings peaked in 2009 at 2.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 19% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.4/10. Against average income of $109,479, annual rent is just 12%.
Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55063010401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55063010401?
Census tract 55063010401 in Onalaska scores 3/10 (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 55063010401?
Median gross rent is $1,126/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55063010401?
0.9% of residents in tract 55063010401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,680.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55063010401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 56th, minority 5th, housing 17th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55063010401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 26 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 55063010401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.30% of renter households, peaking at 2.0% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55063010401 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.6% 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. 3.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55063010401 compare to Onalaska overall?
Tract 55063010401 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Onalaska at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Onalaska eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Onalaska
Top eight tracts in Onalaska ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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