Within parent city
41
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Janesville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55105000800 · Rock County, WI · pop 4,208
How risky is Janesville for landlords? Census tract 55105000800 scores 5.6/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,016 monthly, set against $81,224 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,915
Renter share26.1%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$81,224
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Janesville and the region
Centroid at 42.6953, -89.0018 · click any tract to drill in
Why Janesville scores 2.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,016 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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)
- 133Total filings over 12 yrs
- 2.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2012)
- 13Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 18% 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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.2%Food insecurity
- 13.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 31.8%Any disability
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 above 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 133 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 2.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.5% of renter households in 2012.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.6% 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 55105000800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55105000800?
Census tract 55105000800 in Janesville scores 2.7/10 (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 55105000800?
Median gross rent is $1,016/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55105000800?
9.8% of residents in tract 55105000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,208.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55105000800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 50th, minority 21th, housing 35th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55105000800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 133 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 55105000800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.84% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55105000800 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55105000800 compare to Janesville overall?
Tract 55105000800 scores 2.7/10, lower than 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.
Tract · WI
55105000100
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
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55105000300
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · WI
55105001000
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · WI
55105001400
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · WI
55105000400
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · WI
55105001306
3.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · WI
55105000600
3.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · WI
55105000500
3.1
/ 10 · Low
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