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Neighborhood · Appleton, WI

Bluemound Heights Eviction Risk: Lower

2 census tracts · pop 9,306 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10 · range 3–3

Bluemound Heights takes in 2 census tracts of Appleton, WI, population 9,306. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, Lower tier. Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1/10.

16% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, under the Appleton rate of 25.4%. Court records for this tract carry 55 eviction filings.

3.7% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, below a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Food insecurity affects 8.0% of adults, 9.8 points below the national rate.

The worst year on record was 2010, when filings touched 3.5% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 0.1% in 2017, is well off that peak.

That places it #13 of 15 neighborhoods in Appleton. Rent takes 12% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Its 2 tracts score within 0 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. Average gross rent runs $1,018, close to the Appleton average.

34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

With little internal variation, 3/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
3
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Bluemound Heights vs Appleton How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
16.2% -36%
Appleton: 25.4%
Average gross rent
$1,018 -1%
Appleton: $1,030
Average HH income
$100,632 +30%
Appleton: $77,450
Poverty rate
1.5% -82%
Appleton: 8.5%
Renter share
33.7% +2%
Appleton: 33.0%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Bluemound Heights and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 3–3

Why Bluemound Heights scores 3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.9–2.9 across tracts
2.9
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 4.5–4.5 across tracts
4.5
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 2.9–5.1 across tracts
4.2
Rent control risk
16% of income on rent · Range 2.9–3.9 across tracts
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.1–5.0 across tracts
3.9
Tenant organizing strength
34% renter households · Range 4.0–7.1 across tracts
5.8
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 4.2–5.0 across tracts
4.5
Economic stress
1.5% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.7–5.3 across tracts
4.2
Risk score comparison

Bluemound Heights vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Bluemound Heights score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.0Bluemound HeightsNeighborhood3.7Parent cityhost city3.9Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Bluemound Heights

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
55087012505 3 5,486 26% $1,135
55087011103 3 3,820 2% $850
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 7

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 9%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 10%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 20%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 25%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Bluemound Heights

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 55Total filings (sum)
  • 1.69%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.5%Peak year (2010)
  • 0.12%Latest filed (2017)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Bluemound Heights

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Bluemound Heights

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Bluemound Heights?

Bluemound Heights scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 2 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 Bluemound Heights compare to Appleton overall?

Bluemound Heights scores 0.7 points lower than Appleton overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 16% of income on rent vs 25% citywide. Average rent: $1,018 vs $1,030.
Q3

What is the average rent in Bluemound Heights?

Average gross rent in Bluemound Heights is $1,018/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Bluemound Heights residents are renters?

34% of Bluemound Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 33% in Appleton). The neighborhood has 9,306 residents.
Q5

Is Bluemound Heights a high social-vulnerability area?

Bluemound Heights sits in the 7th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Bluemound Heights have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Bluemound Heights is census tract 55087012505 (score 3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3, a spread of 0 points.
Q7

How safe is Bluemound Heights for landlords?

Bluemound Heights carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Appleton as a whole (3.7/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Bluemound Heights?

Bluemound Heights has 9,420 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (87.5%), Hispanic / Latino (6.6%), Other / Multiracial (3.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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