Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Avalon Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kenosha
Tract 55059000700 · Kenosha County, WI · pop 5,710 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
55059000700 is a census tract in the Avalon Park area of Kenosha, WI. It scores 5/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,710. The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,907
Renter share52.1%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate23.6%
Median income$63,664
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
77
th percentile
High
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kenosha and the region
Centroid at 42.5957, -87.8632 · click any tract to drill in
Why Avalon Park scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kenosha
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
23.6% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$962 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kenosha
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kenosha
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kenosha
3.5
How Avalon Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%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
- 0%Grade C
- 1%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.
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)
- 1,273Total filings over 12 yrs
- 10.86%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.3%Peak (2014)
- 84Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Avalon Park. 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.
- 21.0%Housing insecurity
- 11.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.8%Food insecurity
- 30.1%SNAP enrollment
- 13.4%Transit barriers
- 17.1%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 38.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Avalon Park
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.6/10. SNAP participation runs 30.1% against 15.2% nationally.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Kenosha County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points.
Average gross rent is $962, 19% below the Kenosha average. Food insecurity runs 26.8% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 1,273 evictions over 12 years of observation.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.9/10. The worst year on record was 2014, when 13.3% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Kenosha. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 10.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.5/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55059000700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55059000700?
Census tract 55059000700 in the Avalon Park neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 55059000700?
Median gross rent is $962/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55059000700?
23.6% of residents in tract 55059000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,710.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55059000700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 91th, minority 72th, housing 93th.
Q5
Is tract 55059000700 considered part of Avalon Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55059000700 fall within Avalon Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55059000700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,273 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 55059000700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.86% of renter households, peaking at 13.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55059000700 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.0% 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. 11.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55059000700 compare to Kenosha overall?
Tract 55059000700 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Kenosha at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kenosha eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 55059000700 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. 1% 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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