Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Devonshire Eviction Risk: Lower , Kenosha
Tract 55059002400 · Kenosha County, WI · pop 4,584 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Census tract 55059002400 covers part of the Devonshire area of Kenosha, WI, and scores 3.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,584 residents. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units2,019
Renter share11.8%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate11.8%
Median income$90,307
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
39
th percentile
Low
Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kenosha and the region
Centroid at 42.5516, -87.8621 · click any tract to drill in
Why Devonshire scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kenosha
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
11.8% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$832 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kenosha
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kenosha
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kenosha
3.5
How Devonshire compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 8%Grade C
- 1%Grade D · redlined
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.
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)
- 77Total filings over 12 yrs
- 1.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2009)
- 8Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 167% over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Devonshire. 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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.0%Food insecurity
- 10.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 14.6%Frequent mental distress
- 31.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Devonshire
Average gross rent is $832, 30% below the Kenosha average. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 77 filings here across 12 tracked years. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.9/10. Food insecurity runs 10.0% against 17.8% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2009 at 3.4% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 31st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 12% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.8/10. Against average income of $90,307, annual rent is just 11%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55059002400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55059002400?
Census tract 55059002400 in the Devonshire neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 55059002400?
Median gross rent is $832/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55059002400?
11.8% of residents in tract 55059002400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,584.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55059002400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 96th, minority 29th, housing 44th.
Q5
Is tract 55059002400 considered part of Devonshire?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55059002400 fall within Devonshire (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55059002400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 77 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 55059002400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.81% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55059002400 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55059002400 compare to Kenosha overall?
Tract 55059002400 scores 3.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Kenosha at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kenosha eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 55059002400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 1% 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.
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