Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Somers Center West Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55059000601 · Kenosha County, WI · pop 5,970 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
55059000601 is a census tract in the Somers Center West area of Somers, WI. It scores 3.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,970. Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units2,055
Renter share31.6%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$78,313
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Somers and the region
Centroid at 42.6315, -87.9099 · click any tract to drill in
Why Somers Center West scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Somers
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,606 rent vs county FMR
6.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Somers
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Somers
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Somers
5.1
How Somers Center West compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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)
- 147Total filings over 12 yrs
- 2.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.6%Peak (2007)
- 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% over the past 12 months.
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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.3%Food insecurity
- 9.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 28.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Somers Center West
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.8/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.2/10.
Against Kenosha County at 40.9%, 48% of renters here are cost-burdened. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 147 filings here across 12 tracked years.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.9/10. Food insecurity runs 10.3% against 17.8% nationally.
At $1,606 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Somers commands. The worst year on record was 2007, when 1.6% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55059000601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55059000601?
Census tract 55059000601 in the Somers Center West neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 55059000601?
Median gross rent is $1,606/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55059000601?
7.2% of residents in tract 55059000601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,970.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55059000601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 30th, minority 41th, housing 95th.
Q5
Is tract 55059000601 considered part of Somers Center West?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55059000601 fall within Somers Center West (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55059000601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 147 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 55059000601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.54% of renter households, peaking at 1.6% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55059000601 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55059000601 compare to Somers overall?
Tract 55059000601 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Somers at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Somers; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Somers
Top eight tracts in Somers ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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