Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Wisconsin Dells Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55001950700 · Adams County, WI · pop 3,558 · 6% of tract blocks fall in Wisconsin Dells
Tract 55001950700 sits in Wisconsin eviction laws Dells, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.3/10. It is home to 3,558 residents. Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,478
Renter share7.6%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$72,328
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
40
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wisconsin Dells and the region
Centroid at 43.7125, -89.6815 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wisconsin Dells scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wisconsin Dells
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,134 rent vs county FMR
7.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wisconsin Dells
2.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wisconsin Dells
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wisconsin Dells
3.8
How Wisconsin Dells compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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)
- 84Total filings over 19 yrs
- 2.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.2%Peak (2018)
- 11Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 1,000% over the past 19 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.
- 9.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.5%Food insecurity
- 13.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 33.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wisconsin Dells
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 7.7/10. The voucher gap is 21.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.6/10. Average gross rent is $1,134, 17% above the Wisconsin Dells average.
On the high side, supply constraint reads 7.2/10. Court records carry 84 eviction filings across 19 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2018 at 6.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 27% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 8% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 32% of renters. It tracks the Adams County average of 3.6 closely. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $72,328.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55001950700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55001950700?
Census tract 55001950700 in Wisconsin Dells scores 3.3/10 (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 55001950700?
Median gross rent is $1,134/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55001950700?
10.4% of residents in tract 55001950700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,558.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55001950700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 39th, minority 18th, housing 57th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55001950700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 84 eviction filings across 19 validated years in tract 55001950700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.52% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55001950700 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.5% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55001950700 compare to Wisconsin Dells overall?
Tract 55001950700 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Wisconsin Dells at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wisconsin eviction laws Dells; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wisconsin Dells
Top eight tracts in Wisconsin Dells ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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