Within parent city
27
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Sheboygan Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55117000900 · Sheboygan County, WI · pop 5,494 · 79% of tract blocks fall in Sheboygan
How risky is Sheboygan in Sheboygan County for landlords? Census tract 55117000900 scores 4.5/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #66,089 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
39% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $895 a month against an average household income of $64,312 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 42% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units2,394
Renter share42.5%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$64,312
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sheboygan and the region
Centroid at 43.7278, -87.7475 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sheboygan scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sheboygan
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$895 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sheboygan
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sheboygan
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sheboygan
4.7
How Sheboygan compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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)
- 392Total filings over 17 yrs
- 2.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2014)
- 25Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 17 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.
- 11.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.1%Food insecurity
- 15.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 10.1%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 30.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sheboygan
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.1/10. 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 Sheboygan eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Sheboygan County average of 4.1 and in line with the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 56th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 392 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 3.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.8% of renter households in 2014.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55117000900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55117000900?
Census tract 55117000900 in Sheboygan scores 3.5/10 (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 55117000900?
Median gross rent is $895/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55117000900?
9.8% of residents in tract 55117000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,494.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55117000900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 21th, minority 43th, housing 94th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55117000900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 392 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 55117000900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.96% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55117000900 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.5% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55117000900 compare to Sheboygan overall?
Tract 55117000900 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Sheboygan at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sheboygan eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in Sheboygan
Top eight tracts in Sheboygan ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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