We’ve updated eviction baselines in the ETS. Read more here about how that affects the numbers we report.

Wisconsin

Eviction filings in Wisconsin fell sharply once Governor Tony Evers blocked the initiation of non-emergency eviction proceedings on March 27, 2020. Eviction protections in Wisconsin began to expire on May 26, 2020, after which filings increased.

A closer look at eviction filing patterns in Milwaukee County is available here.

Filing counts in some counties for baseline years may differ slightly compared to court-released aggregates in Wisconsin. In particular, Chippewa, Douglas, Fond du Lac, La Crosse, Marathon, Rock, St. Croix, and Waukesha Counties are slightly underestimated in at least one of the three years compared to court aggregate data, while Eau Claire and Outagamie Counties see overestimates. Please see here for more information on our validation procedures.

  1. Data on renter population and median rent drawn from the American Community Survey (ACS). Details of the eviction process from the LSC Eviction Laws Database.

Filing Counts Last updated:

Filing Rates Over the Past 12 Months

The geography of eviction filings

Wisconsin is divided into 72 counties. In each of those counties, we map the number of eviction filings over the past 12 months. If you toggle below you can see these numbers as eviction filing rates—the number of eviction filings divided by the number of renter households in the county—or compared to the typical number of filings in 2023–2024 (the “baseline”).1 2

  1. Eviction filing data were collected by January Advisors.
  2. County breakdown of renter race/ethnicity determined using American Community Survey (ACS) estimates for 2016–2020.

On map, we also plot the location of the top 100 eviction hotspots in the county (see above). Hover over the circles to see more information about filings from these locations.3

Get the data for counties in this figure Get the data for top filers in this figure