Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Mequon Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55089660301 · Ozaukee County, WI · pop 5,742 · 99% of tract blocks fall in Mequon
With a score of 3/10, tract 55089660301 in Mequon, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,742. Severe burden reaches 43%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units2,028
Renter share15.6%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate2.5%
Median income$161,833
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
20
th percentile
Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mequon and the region
Centroid at 43.2336, -87.9361 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mequon scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mequon
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
2.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,265 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mequon
3.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mequon
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mequon
2.8
How Mequon compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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)
- 28Total filings over 12 yrs
- 2.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.0%Peak (2003)
- 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.
- 5.1%Housing insecurity
- 3.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.3%Food insecurity
- 6.2%SNAP enrollment
- 3.9%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 11.5%Frequent mental distress
- 26.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mequon
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 10/10. Average gross rent is $3,265, 51% above the Mequon average.
The voucher gap is 159.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.9/10.
Food insecurity runs 6.3% against 17.8% nationally. Cost burden runs 43% here against 37.1% across Ozaukee County.
Court records carry 28 eviction filings across 12 observed years. It sits 0.7 points below the Ozaukee County average of 3.7.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2003, when 10.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55089660301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55089660301?
Census tract 55089660301 in Mequon 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 55089660301?
Median gross rent is $3,265/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55089660301?
2.5% of residents in tract 55089660301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,742.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55089660301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 59th, minority 20th, housing 32th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55089660301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 28 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 55089660301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.91% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55089660301 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.1% 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. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55089660301 compare to Mequon overall?
Tract 55089660301 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Mequon at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mequon eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Mequon
Top eight tracts in Mequon ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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