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HarborPark Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kenosha

Tract 55059001600 · Kenosha County, WI · pop 2,996 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

55059001600 is a census tract in the HarborPark area of Kenosha, WI. It scores 5/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,996 residents. 39% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 28% Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,113
Renter share51.6%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate27.3%
Median income$60,341

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 7 tracts In HarborPark
Low
Within parent city
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 27 tracts In Kenosha
Very High
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#8 of 42 tracts In Kenosha County
High
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#245 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kenosha and the region

Centroid at 42.5746, -87.8342 · click any tract to drill in

Why HarborPark scores 5

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
27.3% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$1,097 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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: 5.05.0This tracttract 001600Kenosha: 3.63.6Kenoshaparent cityCounty: 3.83.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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)

  • 628Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 8.50%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.0%Peak (2013)
  • 55Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 550590016002002: 47 filings (7.95/100 renter HHs)2007: 36 filings (6.36/100 renter HHs)2008: 57 filings (10.08/100 renter HHs)2009: 54 filings (9.55/100 renter HHs)2010: 50 filings (7.80/100 renter HHs)2011: 52 filings (8.10/100 renter HHs)2012: 59 filings (9.19/100 renter HHs)2013: 64 filings (9.97/100 renter HHs)2014: 50 filings (7.79/100 renter HHs)2015: 56 filings (8.72/100 renter HHs)2016: 48 filings (7.68/100 renter HHs)2017: 55 filings (8.80/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 17% 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

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 2/10. The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Food insecurity runs 29.8% against 17.8% nationally.

It sits 1.2 points above the Kenosha County average of 3.8. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.6/10. 46% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Kenosha County average of 40.9%.

Court records carry 628 eviction filings across 12 observed years. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.9/10. Filings peaked in 2013 at 10.0% of renter households.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Kenosha. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

In a typical year about 8.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 55059001600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55059001600?

Census tract 55059001600 in the HarborPark neighborhood scores 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 55059001600?

Median gross rent is $1,097/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55059001600?

27.3% of residents in tract 55059001600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,996.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55059001600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 81th, minority 68th, housing 80th.
Q5

Is tract 55059001600 considered part of HarborPark?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55059001600 fall within HarborPark (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55059001600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 628 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 55059001600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.50% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55059001600 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.7% 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. 14.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55059001600 compare to Kenosha overall?

Tract 55059001600 scores 5/10, higher than 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 55059001600 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. 33% 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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