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Downtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Racine

Tract 55101002900 · Racine County, WI · pop 4,752 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

In the Downtown area of Racine, census tract 55101002900 scores 6.1/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 76% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 56% of renter households, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,040 a month against an average household income of $39,583 a year, roughly 32% of income at the averages. Renters make up 59% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 26% Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,929
Renter share59.1%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate36.3%
Median income$39,583

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Downtown
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 18 tracts In Racine
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 46 tracts In Racine County
Very High
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#111 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Racine and the region

Centroid at 42.7274, -87.7790 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown scores 5.8

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
36.3% poverty · this tract
9.1
Supply constraint
$1,040 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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: 5.85.8This tracttract 002900Racine: 3.63.6Racineparent cityCounty: 3.13.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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.

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 9.1/10. 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 30.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 20.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 96th 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 55101002900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55101002900?

Census tract 55101002900 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 55101002900?

Median gross rent is $1,040/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55101002900?

36.3% of residents in tract 55101002900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,752.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55101002900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 87th, minority 80th, housing 88th.
Q5

Is tract 55101002900 considered part of Downtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55101002900 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 55101002900 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.1% 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. 20.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 55101002900 compare to Racine overall?

Tract 55101002900 scores 5.8/10, 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 55101002900 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. 35% 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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