Within parent city
47
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
Racine Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 55101001201 · Racine County, WI · pop 3,537 · 68% of tract blocks fall in Racine
Census tract 55101001201 covers Racine, home to 3,537 residents. For landlords it grades 5.3/10, a moderate reading. On the national scale it ranks #44,178 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $942 a month while the average household earns $56,450 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,399
Renter share40.0%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate12.4%
Median income$56,450
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Racine and the region
Centroid at 42.7608, -87.8153 · click any tract to drill in
Why Racine scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
12.4% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$942 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 Racine compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 9%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 500Total filings over 11 yrs
- 6.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.5%Peak (2016)
- 51Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 23% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 14.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.8%Food insecurity
- 18.7%SNAP enrollment
- 9.6%Transit barriers
- 13.2%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 33.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Racine
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 63rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55101001201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55101001201?
Census tract 55101001201 in Racine scores 4.2/10 (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 55101001201?
Median gross rent is $942/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55101001201?
12.4% of residents in tract 55101001201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,537.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55101001201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 37th, minority 65th, housing 61th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55101001201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 500 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 55101001201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.03% of renter households, peaking at 9.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55101001201 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.9% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55101001201 compare to Racine overall?
Tract 55101001201 scores 4.2/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 55101001201 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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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