About 35% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $799 a month while the average household earns $68,168 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%Stable renters 19%Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units2,860
Renter share29.7%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate10.6%
Median income$68,168
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
27th percentile
#9 of 12 tracts In Sheboygan
Low
Within county
67th percentile
#10 of 28 tracts In Sheboygan County
Elevated
Within state
58th percentile
#643 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Elevated
National
41th percentile
#49,882 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sheboygan and the region
Centroid at 43.7151, -87.7324 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sheboygan scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
10.6% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$799 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
32%Socioeconomic
77%Household composition
35%Racial/ethnic minority
80%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)
326Total filings over 17 yrs
2.26%Avg annual filing rate
4.2%Peak (2011)
18Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2000 to 2017
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 17 months.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
10.3%Housing insecurity
5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
13.4%Food insecurity
13.6%SNAP enrollment
7.1%Transit barriers
9.0%No health insurance
16.0%Frequent mental distress
31.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sheboygan
What moves this score most is 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 326 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 2.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.2% of renter households in 2011.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.8% 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 55117001000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55117001000?
Census tract 55117001000 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 55117001000?
Median gross rent is $799/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55117001000?
10.6% of residents in tract 55117001000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,684.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55117001000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 77th, minority 35th, housing 80th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55117001000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 326 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 55117001000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.26% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55117001000 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.3% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55117001000 compare to Sheboygan overall?
Tract 55117001000 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sheboygan
Top eight tracts in Sheboygan ranked by composite eviction-risk score.