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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Historic Downtown Burlington Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 55101002401 · Racine County, WI · pop 4,837 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 55101002401 covers part of the Historic Downtown Burlington area of Burlington, WI, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.8/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 17% Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,947
Renter share25.6%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$105,066

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Historic Downtown Burlington
Very Low
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Burlington
Moderate
Within county
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#28 of 46 tracts In Racine County
Moderate
Within state
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#1,083 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Burlington and the region

Centroid at 42.6935, -88.2852 · click any tract to drill in

Why Historic Downtown Burlington scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Burlington
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
4.9% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,210 rent vs county FMR
5.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Burlington
3.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Burlington
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Burlington
4.5

How Historic Downtown Burlington compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Historic Downtown Burlington risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.03.0This tracttract 002401Burlington: 3.83.8Burlingtonparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 36

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

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)

  • 141Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 2.04%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.7%Peak (2009)
  • 12Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 551010024012001: 4 filings (0.60/100 renter HHs)2002: 10 filings (1.51/100 renter HHs)2009: 22 filings (3.67/100 renter HHs)2010: 16 filings (2.42/100 renter HHs)2011: 15 filings (2.38/100 renter HHs)2012: 16 filings (2.54/100 renter HHs)2013: 19 filings (3.02/100 renter HHs)2014: 9 filings (1.43/100 renter HHs)2015: 10 filings (1.59/100 renter HHs)2016: 8 filings (1.32/100 renter HHs)2017: 12 filings (1.99/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 200% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Historic Downtown Burlington. 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 Historic Downtown Burlington

Running cool, economic stress reads 1.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,210, 21% above the Burlington average. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.5/10.

The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Court records carry 141 eviction filings across 11 observed years.

Food insecurity runs 9.4% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Racine County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. Filings peaked in 2009 at 3.7% of renter households.

In a typical year about 2.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $105,066, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

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 55101002401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55101002401?

Census tract 55101002401 in the Historic Downtown Burlington neighborhood 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 55101002401?

Median gross rent is $1,210/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55101002401?

4.9% of residents in tract 55101002401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,837.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55101002401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 45th, minority 24th, housing 50th.
Q5

Is tract 55101002401 considered part of Historic Downtown Burlington?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55101002401 fall within Historic Downtown Burlington (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55101002401?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 141 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 55101002401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.04% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55101002401 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.6% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55101002401 compare to Burlington overall?

Tract 55101002401 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Burlington at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Burlington; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Burlington

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

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