Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #79,124 of 84,120 nationally
Janesville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55105001303 · Rock County, WI · pop 4,490 · 50% of tract blocks fall in Janesville
Here is how census tract 55105001303, in Janesville eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 4.1/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 4,490. On the national scale it ranks #73,390 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 0% 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 $1,207 a month against an average household income of $116,029 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 5% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,718
Renter share5.1%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate1.9%
Median income$116,029
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
6
th percentile
Very Low
National
6
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Janesville and the region
Centroid at 42.7360, -88.9449 · click any tract to drill in
Why Janesville scores 1.5
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
1.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,207 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%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)
- 34Total filings over 11 yrs
- 1.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.9%Peak (2002)
- 3Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 6.8%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.5%Food insecurity
- 7.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 13.9%Frequent mental distress
- 25.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Janesville
What moves this score most 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 below the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 34 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 1.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 0.9% of renter households in 2002.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.8% 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 55105001303
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55105001303?
Census tract 55105001303 in Janesville scores 1.5/10 (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 55105001303?
Median gross rent is $1,207/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55105001303?
1.9% of residents in tract 55105001303 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,490.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55105001303?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 5th, minority 21th, housing 14th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55105001303?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 34 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 55105001303 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.62% of renter households, peaking at 0.9% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55105001303 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.8% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55105001303 compare to Janesville overall?
Tract 55105001303 scores 1.5/10, 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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/ 10 · Moderate
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4
/ 10 · Moderate
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55105001000
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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3.3
/ 10 · Low
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3.3
/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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3.2
/ 10 · Low
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3.1
/ 10 · Low
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