Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
Menasha Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 55139002900 · Winnebago County, WI · pop 2,116
Menasha in Winnebago County is where census tract 55139002900 sits, home to 2,116 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.4/10. On the national scale it ranks #41,100 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 65% of renter households, a severe level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $686 a month while the average household earns $43,676 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 63% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units986
Renter share63.2%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate21.8%
Median income$43,676
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
National
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Menasha and the region
Centroid at 44.2050, -88.4553 · click any tract to drill in
Why Menasha scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Menasha
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
21.8% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$686 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Menasha
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Menasha
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Menasha
6.0
How Menasha compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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)
- 198Total filings over 12 yrs
- 2.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2017)
- 25Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 257% over the past 12 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.
- 16.3%Housing insecurity
- 10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.4%Food insecurity
- 27.3%SNAP enrollment
- 11.6%Transit barriers
- 11.4%No health insurance
- 19.7%Frequent mental distress
- 36.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Menasha
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.5/10. 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 Menasha eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Winnebago County average of 4.6 and above the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 16.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 74th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55139002900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55139002900?
Census tract 55139002900 in Menasha 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 55139002900?
Median gross rent is $686/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55139002900?
21.8% of residents in tract 55139002900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,116.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55139002900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 44th, minority 21th, housing 91th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55139002900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 198 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 55139002900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.60% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55139002900 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.3% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55139002900 compare to Menasha overall?
Tract 55139002900 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Menasha at 3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Menasha eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Menasha
Top eight tracts in Menasha ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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