Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Caledonia Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55101001601 ·
Racine County, WI · pop 5,938
Tract 55101001601 sits in Caledonia eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.7/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%Stable renters 10%Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units2,577
Renter share15.0%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$81,724
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100th percentile
#1 of 6 tracts In Caledonia
Very High
Within county
9th percentile
#42 of 46 tracts In Racine County
Very Low
Within state
29th percentile
#1,083 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Low
National
20th percentile
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Caledonia and the region
Centroid at 42.8071, -87.9022 · click any tract to drill in
Why Caledonia scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Caledonia
5.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$925 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Caledonia
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Caledonia
4.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Caledonia
3.6
How Caledonia compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
27%Socioeconomic
17%Household composition
32%Racial/ethnic minority
5%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)
32Total filings over 10 yrs
1.01%Avg annual filing rate
1.7%Peak (2010)
2Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2017
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 months.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
8.6%Housing insecurity
5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
11.5%Food insecurity
11.1%SNAP enrollment
6.0%Transit barriers
7.7%No health insurance
14.5%Frequent mental distress
30.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Caledonia
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.5/10. 30% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Racine County average of 36.6%.
12% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. At $925 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Caledonia commands. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.4/10.
The filing record is not thin: 32 evictions over 10 years of observation. Against the Racine County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. The worst year on record was 2010, when 1.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 1.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. 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.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.8/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55101001601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55101001601?
Census tract 55101001601 in Caledonia 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 55101001601?
Median gross rent is $925/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55101001601?
6.6% of residents in tract 55101001601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,938.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55101001601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 17th, minority 32th, housing 5th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55101001601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 55101001601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.01% of renter households, peaking at 1.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55101001601 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55101001601 compare to Caledonia overall?
Tract 55101001601 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Caledonia at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Caledonia eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Caledonia
Top eight tracts in Caledonia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.