Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Chicory Creek Eviction Risk: Lower , Sturtevant
Tract 55101001702 · Racine County, WI · pop 6,900 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Chicory Creek in Sturtevant anchors census tract 55101001702, which lands at 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 21% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 27% of renter households, a moderate level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $896 a month against an average household income of $86,679 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,903
Renter share21.6%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate8.1%
Median income$86,679
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sturtevant and the region
Centroid at 42.6955, -87.8978 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chicory Creek scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sturtevant
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
8.1% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$896 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sturtevant
2.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sturtevant
5.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sturtevant
3.8
How Chicory Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%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)
- 312Total filings over 11 yrs
- 5.06%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.3%Peak (2011)
- 18Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% over the past 11 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.
- 13.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.3%Food insecurity
- 15.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 10.7%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 29.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chicory Creek
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 5.1/10. 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 Sturtevant, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Racine County average of 4.9 and in line with the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 40th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55101001702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55101001702?
Census tract 55101001702 in the Chicory Creek neighborhood scores 2.4/10 (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 55101001702?
Median gross rent is $896/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55101001702?
8.1% of residents in tract 55101001702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,900.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55101001702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 10th, minority 46th, housing 72th.
Q5
Is tract 55101001702 considered part of Chicory Creek?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55101001702 fall within Chicory Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55101001702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 312 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 55101001702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.06% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55101001702 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.0% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55101001702 compare to Sturtevant overall?
Tract 55101001702 scores 2.4/10, lower than the parent city of Sturtevant at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sturtevant; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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