Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Hartford Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 55131440103 · Washington County, WI · pop 4,675 · 86% of tract blocks fall in Hartford
Census tract 55131440103 covers part of Hartford, WI, and scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,675 residents. Cost burden runs 55% here against 36.7% across Washington County.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units2,009
Renter share35.9%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$78,211
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
90
th percentile
High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hartford and the region
Centroid at 43.3416, -88.3825 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hartford scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hartford
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,181 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hartford
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hartford
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hartford
6.0
How Hartford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%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)
- 85Total filings over 18 yrs
- 0.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.9%Peak (2017)
- 10Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 150% 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.
- 9.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.6%Food insecurity
- 12.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 28.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hartford
The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 2.5/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.6/10.
Against the Washington County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.2/10. The filing record is not thin: 85 evictions over 18 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2017, when 1.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 0.9% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 55131440103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55131440103?
Census tract 55131440103 in Hartford scores 4.9/10 (Moderate 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 55131440103?
Median gross rent is $1,181/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55131440103?
9.8% of residents in tract 55131440103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,675.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55131440103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 25th, minority 16th, housing 64th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55131440103?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 85 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 55131440103 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.91% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55131440103 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.6% 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 55131440103 compare to Hartford overall?
Tract 55131440103 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Hartford at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hartford eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hartford
Top eight tracts in Hartford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Related