Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
HarborPark Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kenosha
Tract 55059001800 ·
Kenosha County, WI · pop 1,952 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
55059001800 is a census tract in the HarborPark area of Kenosha, WI. It scores 5/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,952 residents. Against Kenosha County at 40.9%, 73% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%Stable renters 13%Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units889
Renter share49.9%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate19.7%
Median income$54,896
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
17th percentile
#6 of 7 tracts In HarborPark
Very Low
Within parent city
77th percentile
#7 of 27 tracts In Kenosha
High
Within county
85th percentile
#7 of 42 tracts In Kenosha County
High
Within state
84th percentile
#245 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kenosha and the region
Centroid at 42.5709, -87.8219 · 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
19.7% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,392 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
90%Socioeconomic
89%Household composition
62%Racial/ethnic minority
20%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
2%Grade B
52%Grade C
15%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)
331Total filings over 12 yrs
7.10%Avg annual filing rate
9.4%Peak (2014)
21Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2002 to 2017
Filings climbed 50% over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within HarborPark. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
19.6%Housing insecurity
11.3%Utility-shutoff threat
25.1%Food insecurity
29.2%SNAP enrollment
12.9%Transit barriers
15.7%No health insurance
19.9%Frequent mental distress
38.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in HarborPark
30% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 2/10. SNAP participation runs 29.2% against 15.2% nationally.
Against the Kenosha County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
At $1,392 a month, rents run 17% over what the rest of Kenosha commands. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.9/10. The filing record is not thin: 331 evictions over 12 years of observation.
Food insecurity runs 25.1% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2014 at 9.4% of renter households.
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 7.1% of renter households face a filing.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 55059001800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55059001800?
Census tract 55059001800 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 55059001800?
Median gross rent is $1,392/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55059001800?
19.7% of residents in tract 55059001800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,952.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55059001800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 89th, minority 62th, housing 20th.
Q5
Is tract 55059001800 considered part of HarborPark?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55059001800 fall within HarborPark (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55059001800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 331 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 55059001800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.10% of renter households, peaking at 9.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55059001800 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.6% 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. 11.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55059001800 compare to Kenosha overall?
Tract 55059001800 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 55059001800 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. 15% 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.