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Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Historic Central Eviction Risk: Moderate , Appleton

Tract 55087010200 · Outagamie County, WI · pop 4,320 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 55087010200 covers part of the Historic Central area of Appleton, WI, and scores 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is court filing pressure at 0.9/10.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 16% Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,877
Renter share27.8%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate8.7%
Median income$58,156

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Historic Central
Very Low
Within parent city
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 27 tracts In Appleton
Elevated
Within county
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 47 tracts In Outagamie County
High
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#384 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Appleton and the region

Centroid at 44.2675, -88.4260 · click any tract to drill in

Why Historic Central scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Appleton
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
8.7% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$852 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Appleton
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Appleton
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Appleton
4.2

How Historic Central compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Historic Central risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.6This tracttract 0102003.7Appletonparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 37

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)

  • 156Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 4.04%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.6%Peak (2014)
  • 18Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2007 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 55087010200
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Historic Central. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Historic Central

Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.2/10.

41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Outagamie County average of 33.5%. At $852 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Appleton commands. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.7/10.

Court records carry 156 eviction filings across 8 observed years. It sits 0.7 points above the Outagamie County average of 3.9.

Filings peaked in 2014 at 5.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $58,156, annual rent is just 18%. 28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 55087010200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55087010200?

Census tract 55087010200 in the Historic Central neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 55087010200?

Median gross rent is $852/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55087010200?

8.7% of residents in tract 55087010200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,320.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55087010200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 46th, minority 31th, housing 40th.
Q5

Is tract 55087010200 considered part of Historic Central?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55087010200 fall within Historic Central (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55087010200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 156 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 55087010200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.04% of renter households, peaking at 5.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55087010200 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.6% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55087010200 compare to Appleton overall?

Tract 55087010200 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Appleton at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Appleton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Appleton

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

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