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Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally

Forest Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Kenosha

Tract 55059001401 · Kenosha County, WI · pop 2,572 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Tract 55059001401 sits in the Forest Park area of Kenosha eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.3/10. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 2/10.

Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 8% Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,067
Renter share11.5%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate9.1%
Median income$89,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Forest Park
Moderate
Within parent city
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 27 tracts In Kenosha
Low
Within county
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#23 of 42 tracts In Kenosha County
Moderate
Within state
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#923 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kenosha and the region

Centroid at 42.5728, -87.8641 · click any tract to drill in

Why Forest Park scores 3.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
9.1% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,446 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Forest Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Forest Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.33.3This tracttract 001401Kenosha: 3.63.6Kenoshaparent cityCounty: 3.83.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 7

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Forest Park

On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.3/10. At $1,446 a month, rents run 22% over what the rest of Kenosha commands. Against Kenosha County at 40.9%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened.

11% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Food insecurity runs 9.3% against 17.8% nationally. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.9/10.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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. Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 12% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 55059001401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55059001401?

Census tract 55059001401 in the Forest Park neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 55059001401?

Median gross rent is $1,446/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55059001401?

9.1% of residents in tract 55059001401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,572.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55059001401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 49th, minority 32th, housing 4th.
Q5

Is tract 55059001401 considered part of Forest Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55059001401 fall within Forest Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 55059001401 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.7% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 55059001401 compare to Kenosha overall?

Tract 55059001401 scores 3.3/10, lower 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.
Q8

Was tract 55059001401 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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Top eight tracts in Kenosha ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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