Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Potter Lake Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55127000102 · Walworth County, WI · pop 2,672 · 22% of tract blocks fall in Potter Lake
Census tract 55127000102 covers part of Potter Lake, WI, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,672. Against Walworth County at 34.8%, 16% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,011
Renter share40.2%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate0.5%
Median income$102,841
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Potter Lake and the region
Centroid at 42.7927, -88.3417 · click any tract to drill in
Why Potter Lake scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Potter Lake
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
0.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,477 rent vs county FMR
7.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Potter Lake
2.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Potter Lake
1.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Potter Lake
2.6
How Potter Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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)
- 7Total filings over 7 yrs
- 0.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.7%Peak (2009)
- 1Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 9 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.
- 6.7%Housing insecurity
- 3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.2%Food insecurity
- 6.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 14.2%Frequent mental distress
- 25.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Potter Lake
The main counterweight is tenant-organizing strength at 1/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. The voucher gap is 24.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.1/10. Court records carry 7 eviction filings across 7 observed years. SNAP participation runs 6.8% against 15.2% nationally.
Against the Walworth County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Filings peaked in 2009 at 0.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 0.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $102,841, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55127000102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55127000102?
Census tract 55127000102 in Potter Lake 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 55127000102?
Median gross rent is $1,477/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55127000102?
0.5% of residents in tract 55127000102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,672.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55127000102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 5th, minority 14th, housing 21th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55127000102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 7 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 55127000102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.47% of renter households, peaking at 0.7% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55127000102 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.7% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55127000102 compare to Potter Lake overall?
Tract 55127000102 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Potter Lake at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Potter Lake; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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