Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Racine
Tract 55101000400 · Racine County, WI · pop 3,062 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
55101000400 is a census tract in the Downtown area of Racine, WI. It scores 5/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,062 residents. SNAP participation runs 46.4% against 15.2% nationally.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,197
Renter share59.4%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate33.8%
Median income$43,198
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Racine and the region
Centroid at 42.7350, -87.7853 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Racine
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
33.8% poverty · this tract
8.4
Supply constraint
$937 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Racine
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Racine
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Racine
4.0
How Downtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 62%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)
- 1,258Total filings over 11 yrs
- 14.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.5%Peak (2014)
- 109Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 17% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Downtown. 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.
- 29.9%Housing insecurity
- 19.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 42.9%Food insecurity
- 46.4%SNAP enrollment
- 20.2%Transit barriers
- 23.5%No health insurance
- 20.8%Frequent mental distress
- 43.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown
The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against Racine County at 36.6%, 52% of renters here are cost-burdened.
The poverty rate is 34%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 8.4/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 23.5% against 11.3% nationally. Against the Racine County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.4/10.
The filing record is not thin: 1,258 evictions over 11 years of observation. Average gross rent is $937, 9% below the Racine average.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 18.5% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Racine. 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 14.6% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55101000400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55101000400?
Census tract 55101000400 in the Downtown 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 55101000400?
Median gross rent is $937/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55101000400?
33.8% of residents in tract 55101000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,062.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55101000400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 88th, minority 79th, housing 44th.
Q5
Is tract 55101000400 considered part of Downtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55101000400 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55101000400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,258 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 55101000400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.64% of renter households, peaking at 18.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55101000400 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.9% 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. 19.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55101000400 compare to Racine overall?
Tract 55101000400 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Racine at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Racine eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 55101000400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 62% 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.
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