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Middle Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Oshkosh

Tract 55139000502 · Winnebago County, WI · pop 4,001 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 4.5/10, tract 55139000502 in Middle Village in Oshkosh ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,001 residents. It lands near the 21st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 28% of renter households, a moderate level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $783 a month while the average household earns $72,668 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 38% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 27% Owners 62%

Tract context

Occupied units1,479

Renter share38.0%

SVI overall0.37

Poverty rate16.4%

Median income$72,668

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Oshkosh and the region

Centroid at 44.0276, -88.5358 · click any tract to drill in

Why Middle Village scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Oshkosh

5.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.8

State political climate

Wisconsin legislature & governorship

2.9

Economic stress

16.4% poverty · this tract

4.1

Supply constraint

$783 rent vs county FMR

2.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Oshkosh

4.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Oshkosh

8.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Oshkosh

5.8

How Middle Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 37

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

38%Socioeconomic
37%Household composition
33%Racial/ethnic minority
43%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
14%Grade C
79%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Middle Village. 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.

13.2%Housing insecurity
7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
15.6%Food insecurity
17.4%SNAP enrollment
9.3%Transit barriers
9.3%No health insurance
19.9%Frequent mental distress
30.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Middle Village

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. 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 Oshkosh eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Winnebago County average of 4.6 and in line with the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 79% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 37th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 55139000502

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55139000502?

Census tract 55139000502 in the Middle Village neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 55139000502?

Median gross rent is $783/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 55139000502?

16.4% of residents in tract 55139000502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,001.

How socially vulnerable is tract 55139000502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 37th, minority 33th, housing 43th.

Is tract 55139000502 considered part of Middle Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55139000502 fall within Middle Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 55139000502 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.2% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 55139000502 compare to Oshkosh overall?

Tract 55139000502 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Oshkosh at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oshkosh eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 55139000502 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 79% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

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