Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Whitewater Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 55127000502 · Walworth County, WI · pop 3,743 · 90% of tract blocks fall in Whitewater
Whitewater is where census tract 55127000502 sits, home to 3,743 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.5/10. On the national scale it ranks #37,855 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
45% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $983 monthly, set against $58,558 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 62% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,547
Renter share62.4%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate25.6%
Median income$58,558
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Whitewater and the region
Centroid at 42.8240, -88.7609 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitewater scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Whitewater
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
25.6% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$983 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Whitewater
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Whitewater
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Whitewater
8.3
How Whitewater compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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)
- 41Total filings over 9 yrs
- 0.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.1%Peak (2015)
- 3Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% 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.
- 10.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.1%Food insecurity
- 15.7%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 9.3%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 33.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitewater
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. 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 Whitewater eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Walworth County average of 4.2 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 10.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 41 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 0.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.1% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55127000502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55127000502?
Census tract 55127000502 in Whitewater scores 5.5/10 (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 55127000502?
Median gross rent is $983/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55127000502?
25.6% of residents in tract 55127000502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,743.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55127000502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 11th, minority 34th, housing 57th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55127000502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 41 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 55127000502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.46% of renter households, peaking at 1.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55127000502 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.8% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55127000502 compare to Whitewater overall?
Tract 55127000502 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Whitewater at 3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Whitewater eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Whitewater
Top eight tracts in Whitewater ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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