Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Salem Lakes Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55059002903 · Kenosha County, WI · pop 3,126 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Salem Lakes
With a score of 3/10, tract 55059002903 in Salem Lakes, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,126 residents. Cost burden runs 23% here against 40.9% across Kenosha County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,243
Renter share15.0%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$81,359
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Salem Lakes and the region
Centroid at 42.5648, -88.1487 · click any tract to drill in
Why Salem Lakes scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Salem Lakes
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$969 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Salem Lakes
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Salem Lakes
3.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Salem Lakes
3.5
How Salem Lakes compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%Housing & transportation
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)
- 109Total filings over 12 yrs
- 3.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.8%Peak (2007)
- 8Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.9%Food insecurity
- 10.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 28.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Salem Lakes
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.7/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.2/10.
At $969 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Salem Lakes commands. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 109 filings here across 12 tracked years. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.9/10.
Food insecurity runs 9.9% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 0.8 points below the Kenosha County average of 3.8. The worst year on record was 2007, when 6.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 3.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Only 15% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55059002903
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55059002903?
Census tract 55059002903 in Salem Lakes scores 3/10 (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 55059002903?
Median gross rent is $969/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55059002903?
9.0% of residents in tract 55059002903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,126.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55059002903?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 19th, minority 15th, housing 13th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55059002903?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 109 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 55059002903 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.66% of renter households, peaking at 6.8% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55059002903 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55059002903 compare to Salem Lakes overall?
Tract 55059002903 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Salem Lakes at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Salem Lakes; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Salem Lakes
Top eight tracts in Salem Lakes ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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