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Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally

Janesville Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 55105001201 · Rock County, WI · pop 6,574 · 47% of tract blocks fall in Janesville

Census tract 55105001201 runs through Janesville. With 6,574 residents, it scores 4.3/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 17% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 11% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,211 a month against an average household income of $89,310 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 19% Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units2,612
Renter share20.8%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$89,310

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 18 tracts In Janesville
Very Low
Within county
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#36 of 41 tracts In Rock County
Very Low
Within state
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#1,190 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Low
National
15 th percentile
Rank, 15th percentileLowHigh
#71,178 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Janesville and the region

Centroid at 42.6389, -89.0957 · click any tract to drill in

Why Janesville scores 2.2

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
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,211 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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: 2.22.2This tracttract 001201Janesville: 3.03.0Janesvilleparent cityCounty: 3.13.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 25

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)

  • 163Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 3.67%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.3%Peak (2012)
  • 13Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 551050012012001: 8 filings (2.52/100 renter HHs)2002: 12 filings (3.79/100 renter HHs)2007: 13 filings (4.62/100 renter HHs)2008: 9 filings (3.20/100 renter HHs)2009: 10 filings (3.55/100 renter HHs)2010: 8 filings (2.58/100 renter HHs)2011: 24 filings (5.01/100 renter HHs)2012: 30 filings (6.26/100 renter HHs)2013: 10 filings (2.09/100 renter HHs)2014: 10 filings (2.09/100 renter HHs)2015: 16 filings (3.34/100 renter HHs)2017: 13 filings (4.98/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 63% 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 heaviest input here is 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 below the Rock County average of 5.2 and in line with the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 25th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.0% 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 55105001201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55105001201?

Census tract 55105001201 in Janesville scores 2.2/10 (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 55105001201?

Median gross rent is $1,211/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 11% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55105001201?

5.4% of residents in tract 55105001201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,574.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55105001201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 67th, minority 13th, housing 39th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55105001201?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 163 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 55105001201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.67% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 55105001201 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.2% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 55105001201 compare to Janesville overall?

Tract 55105001201 scores 2.2/10, 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.

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