Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
McKinley Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kenosha
Tract 55059001200 ·
Kenosha County, WI · pop 4,022 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
55059001200 is a census tract in the McKinley area of Kenosha, WI. It scores 5/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,022 residents. 54% 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 30%Stable renters 13%Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,760
Renter share43.0%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate24.3%
Median income$47,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In McKinley
Moderate
Within parent city
92th percentile
#3 of 27 tracts In Kenosha
Very High
Within county
88th percentile
#6 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 42.5828, -87.8474 · click any tract to drill in
Why McKinley 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
24.3% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$971 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 McKinley 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.
93%Socioeconomic
62%Household composition
50%Racial/ethnic minority
40%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
46%Grade C
30%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)
531Total filings over 12 yrs
7.21%Avg annual filing rate
10.0%Peak (2014)
32Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2002 to 2017
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.
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.
20.4%Housing insecurity
11.7%Utility-shutoff threat
26.0%Food insecurity
29.7%SNAP enrollment
13.2%Transit barriers
16.4%No health insurance
20.2%Frequent mental distress
37.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in McKinley
Cost burden runs 70% here against 40.9% across Kenosha County. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.7/10.
SNAP participation runs 29.7% against 15.2% nationally. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.
The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against the Kenosha County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points.
Average gross rent is $971, 18% below the Kenosha average. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 531 filings here across 12 tracked years. Food insecurity runs 26.0% against 17.8% nationally.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.9/10. The worst year on record was 2014, when 10.0% of renter households were served. 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.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55059001200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55059001200?
Census tract 55059001200 in the McKinley 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 55059001200?
Median gross rent is $971/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55059001200?
24.3% of residents in tract 55059001200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,022.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55059001200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 62th, minority 50th, housing 40th.
Q5
Is tract 55059001200 considered part of McKinley?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55059001200 fall within McKinley (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55059001200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 531 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 55059001200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.21% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55059001200 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.4% 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. 11.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55059001200 compare to Kenosha overall?
Tract 55059001200 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 55059001200 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. 30% 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.