Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Carol Beach Eviction Risk: Lower , Pleasant Prairie
Tract 55059002000 · Kenosha County, WI · pop 5,660 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
55059002000 is a census tract in the Carol Beach area of Pleasant Prairie, WI. It scores 3/10 for landlords. 29% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Kenosha County average of 40.9%.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units2,050
Renter share11.0%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$100,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pleasant Prairie and the region
Centroid at 42.5153, -87.8351 · click any tract to drill in
Why Carol Beach scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pleasant Prairie
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,313 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pleasant Prairie
3.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pleasant Prairie
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pleasant Prairie
3.6
How Carol Beach compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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)
- 199Total filings over 12 yrs
- 9.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.9%Peak (2010)
- 8Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 38% 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.
- 9.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.1%Food insecurity
- 10.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Carol Beach
The main counterweight is economic stress at 2.3/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.7/10. The filing record is not thin: 199 evictions over 12 years of observation. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.9/10.
Food insecurity runs 10.1% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Kenosha County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. Average gross rent is $1,313, 10% below the Pleasant Prairie average.
Filings peaked in 2010 at 17.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 9.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 3.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55059002000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55059002000?
Census tract 55059002000 in the Carol Beach neighborhood scores 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 55059002000?
Median gross rent is $1,313/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55059002000?
9.2% of residents in tract 55059002000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,660.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55059002000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 49th, minority 28th, housing 15th.
Q5
Is tract 55059002000 considered part of Carol Beach?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55059002000 fall within Carol Beach (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55059002000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 199 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 55059002000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.89% of renter households, peaking at 17.9% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55059002000 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.0% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55059002000 compare to Pleasant Prairie overall?
Tract 55059002000 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Pleasant Prairie at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pleasant Prairie eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Pleasant Prairie
Top eight tracts in Pleasant Prairie ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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