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Neighborhood · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Racine

Tract 55101000400 · Racine County, WI · pop 3,062 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

The Downtown neighborhood of Racine anchors census tract 55101000400, which lands at 5.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 52% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $937 a month against an average household income of $43,198 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 59% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 28% Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,197
Renter share59.4%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate33.8%
Median income$43,198

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Downtown
Very Low
Within parent city
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#4 of 18 tracts In Racine
High
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 46 tracts In Racine County
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#129 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Racine and the region

Centroid at 42.7350, -87.7853 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Racine
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
33.8% poverty · this tract
8.4
Supply constraint
$937 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Racine
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Racine
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Racine
4.0

How Downtown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Downtown risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.65.6This tracttract 000400Racine: 3.63.6Racineparent cityCounty: 3.13.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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

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.

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)

  • 1,258Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 14.64%Avg annual filing rate
  • 18.5%Peak (2014)
  • 109Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 551010004002001: 132 filings (16.77/100 renter HHs)2002: 135 filings (17.15/100 renter HHs)2009: 88 filings (11.88/100 renter HHs)2010: 88 filings (10.76/100 renter HHs)2011: 90 filings (11.86/100 renter HHs)2012: 101 filings (13.31/100 renter HHs)2013: 139 filings (18.31/100 renter HHs)2014: 140 filings (18.45/100 renter HHs)2015: 121 filings (15.94/100 renter HHs)2016: 115 filings (13.67/100 renter HHs)2017: 109 filings (12.96/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 17% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Downtown. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 8.4/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Racine eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Racine County average of 4.9 and above the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,258 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 14.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 18.5% of renter households in 2014.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 91st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 55101000400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55101000400?

Census tract 55101000400 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 55101000400?

Median gross rent is $937/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55101000400?

33.8% of residents in tract 55101000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,062.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55101000400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 88th, minority 79th, housing 44th.
Q5

Is tract 55101000400 considered part of Downtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55101000400 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55101000400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,258 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 55101000400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.64% of renter households, peaking at 18.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55101000400 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.9% 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. 19.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55101000400 compare to Racine overall?

Tract 55101000400 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Racine at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Racine eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 55101000400 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. 62% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Racine

Top eight tracts in Racine ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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