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Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally

Janesville Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 55105000600 · Rock County, WI · pop 3,209

Census tract 55105000600 sits in Janesville eviction risk, Wisconsin eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. That is riskier than about 51% of US census tracts.

39% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,048 a month against an average household income of $65,182 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 23% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,355
Renter share37.9%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$65,182

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#6 of 18 tracts In Janesville
Elevated
Within county
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 41 tracts In Rock County
Elevated
Within state
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#756 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Moderate
National
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#54,934 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Janesville and the region

Centroid at 42.6961, -89.0220 · click any tract to drill in

Why Janesville scores 3.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Janesville
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,048 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Janesville
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Janesville
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Janesville
5.0

How Janesville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Janesville risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.23.2This tracttract 000600Janesville: 3.03.0Janesvilleparent cityCounty: 3.13.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 46

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)

  • 328Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 6.00%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.3%Peak (2014)
  • 31Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 551050006002001: 22 filings (4.85/100 renter HHs)2002: 19 filings (4.19/100 renter HHs)2007: 20 filings (6.47/100 renter HHs)2008: 27 filings (8.74/100 renter HHs)2009: 19 filings (6.15/100 renter HHs)2010: 26 filings (5.53/100 renter HHs)2011: 37 filings (6.95/100 renter HHs)2012: 37 filings (6.95/100 renter HHs)2013: 30 filings (5.64/100 renter HHs)2014: 39 filings (7.33/100 renter HHs)2015: 21 filings (3.95/100 renter HHs)2017: 31 filings (5.19/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 41% over the past 12 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Janesville

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Janesville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Rock County average of 5.2 and above the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 46th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 13.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 55105000600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55105000600?

Census tract 55105000600 in Janesville scores 3.2/10 (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 55105000600?

Median gross rent is $1,048/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55105000600?

13.7% of residents in tract 55105000600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,209.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55105000600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 70th, minority 14th, housing 21th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55105000600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 328 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 55105000600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.00% of renter households, peaking at 7.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 55105000600 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.2% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 55105000600 compare to Janesville overall?

Tract 55105000600 scores 3.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Janesville at 3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Janesville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Janesville

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

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