Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Germantown Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55131470202 · Washington County, WI · pop 5,949
Census tract 55131470202 covers part of Germantown, WI, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units2,427
Renter share19.9%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate1.5%
Median income$103,884
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Germantown and the region
Centroid at 43.2067, -88.1129 · click any tract to drill in
Why Germantown scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Germantown
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
1.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,546 rent vs county FMR
7.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Germantown
3.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Germantown
5.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Germantown
3.0
How Germantown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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)
- 103Total filings over 18 yrs
- 1.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2008)
- 5Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 17% over the past 18 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.
- 5.9%Housing insecurity
- 3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.7%Food insecurity
- 6.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.2%Transit barriers
- 4.8%No health insurance
- 13.2%Frequent mental distress
- 23.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Germantown
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. The voucher gap is 23.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10. Against Washington County at 36.7%, 42% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Running hot, supply constraint reads 7.3/10. Court records carry 103 eviction filings across 18 observed years.
Housing insecurity runs 5.9% against 14.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,546, 14% above the Germantown average. It sits 0.8 points below the Washington County average of 3.8.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2008 at 3.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.6% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55131470202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55131470202?
Census tract 55131470202 in Germantown scores 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 55131470202?
Median gross rent is $1,546/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55131470202?
1.5% of residents in tract 55131470202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,949.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55131470202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 11th, minority 23th, housing 23th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55131470202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 103 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 55131470202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.56% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55131470202 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.9% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55131470202 compare to Germantown overall?
Tract 55131470202 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Germantown at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Germantown eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Germantown
Top eight tracts in Germantown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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