Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 55105003200 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55105003200 · Rock County, WI · pop 2,499
With a score of $1/10, tract 55105003200 in Rock ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,499 residents. It lands near the 37th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,139 monthly, set against $78,512 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,013
Renter share11.0%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$78,512
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
39
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rock County and the region
Centroid at 42.7171, -88.8346 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 55105003200 scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,139 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 55105003200 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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)
- 39Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.39%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.2%Peak (2012)
- 2Filings in 2017 (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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.6%Food insecurity
- 13.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 9.2%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 32.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 55105003200
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $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 set by Wisconsin eviction laws law, 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 safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 43rd 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 9.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.4% 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 55105003200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55105003200?
Census tract 55105003200 in Rock County scores 2.8/10 (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 55105003200?
Median gross rent is $1,139/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55105003200?
9.0% of residents in tract 55105003200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,499.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55105003200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 40th, minority 25th, housing 48th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55105003200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 39 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 55105003200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.39% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55105003200 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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