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HarborPark Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kenosha

Tract 55059000900 · Kenosha County, WI · pop 4,201 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 55059000900 (the HarborPark area of Kenosha, Wisconsin) comes in at 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 48% of US census tracts.

About 69% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,045 a month against an average household income of $47,051 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 48% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 15% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,462
Renter share47.7%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate24.6%
Median income$47,051

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 7 tracts In HarborPark
Elevated
Within parent city
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 27 tracts In Kenosha
High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#4 of 42 tracts In Kenosha County
Very High
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#156 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kenosha and the region

Centroid at 42.5922, -87.8311 · click any tract to drill in

Why HarborPark scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
24.6% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,045 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 HarborPark compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
HarborPark risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.35.3This tracttract 000900Kenosha: 3.43.4Kenoshaparent cityCounty: 3.43.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 894Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 9.72%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.5%Peak (2013)
  • 66Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 550590009002002: 48 filings (5.61/100 renter HHs)2007: 85 filings (13.51/100 renter HHs)2008: 89 filings (14.15/100 renter HHs)2009: 71 filings (11.29/100 renter HHs)2010: 66 filings (7.90/100 renter HHs)2011: 88 filings (10.77/100 renter HHs)2012: 68 filings (8.32/100 renter HHs)2013: 94 filings (11.51/100 renter HHs)2014: 91 filings (11.14/100 renter HHs)2015: 76 filings (9.30/100 renter HHs)2016: 52 filings (5.78/100 renter HHs)2017: 66 filings (7.34/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 38% over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within HarborPark. 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 HarborPark

What moves this score most is economic stress at 6.2/10. 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 Kenosha eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Kenosha County average of 4.7 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 22.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Part of this tract, about 24% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 55059000900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55059000900?

Census tract 55059000900 in the HarborPark neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 55059000900?

Median gross rent is $1,045/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55059000900?

24.6% of residents in tract 55059000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,201.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55059000900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 94th, minority 76th, housing 60th.
Q5

Is tract 55059000900 considered part of HarborPark?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55059000900 fall within HarborPark (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55059000900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 894 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 55059000900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.72% of renter households, peaking at 11.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55059000900 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.1% 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. 12.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55059000900 compare to Kenosha overall?

Tract 55059000900 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Kenosha at 3.4/10. 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 55059000900 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. 24% 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 Kenosha

Top eight tracts in Kenosha ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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