Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Elkhorn Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55127000901 · Walworth County, WI · pop 6,382 · 79% of tract blocks fall in Elkhorn
Tract 55127000901 sits in Elkhorn, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.2/10. It is home to 6,382 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units2,385
Renter share43.9%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate3.2%
Median income$75,959
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elkhorn and the region
Centroid at 42.6751, -88.5647 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elkhorn scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Elkhorn
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
3.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,220 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elkhorn
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elkhorn
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elkhorn
3.6
How Elkhorn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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)
- 148Total filings over 9 yrs
- 1.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.2%Peak (2017)
- 25Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 67% 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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 8.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 26.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elkhorn
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. Against Walworth County at 34.8%, 42% of renters here are cost-burdened. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.4/10. Average gross rent is $1,220, 18% above the Elkhorn average.
Food insecurity runs 9.2% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 148 eviction filings across 9 observed years. The worst year on record was 2017, when 2.2% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 1.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.2/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55127000901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55127000901?
Census tract 55127000901 in Elkhorn scores 3.2/10 (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 55127000901?
Median gross rent is $1,220/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55127000901?
3.2% of residents in tract 55127000901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,382.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55127000901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 55th, minority 36th, housing 55th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55127000901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 148 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 55127000901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.59% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55127000901 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55127000901 compare to Elkhorn overall?
Tract 55127000901 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Elkhorn at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elkhorn; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Elkhorn
Top eight tracts in Elkhorn ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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