Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Elkhorn Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55127000201 · Walworth County, WI · pop 3,905 · 11% of tract blocks fall in Elkhorn
55127000201 is a census tract in Elkhorn, WI. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Against Walworth County at 34.8%, about one in five of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,438
Renter share7.1%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate3.8%
Median income$108,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elkhorn and the region
Centroid at 42.7774, -88.4880 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elkhorn scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Elkhorn
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
3.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,231 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elkhorn
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elkhorn
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elkhorn
3.6
How Elkhorn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 28%Housing & transportation
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.
- 6.6%Housing insecurity
- 3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.7%Food insecurity
- 7.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 13.5%Frequent mental distress
- 27.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elkhorn
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. Average gross rent is $1,231, 19% above the Elkhorn average.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.4/10. Food insecurity runs 7.7% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Walworth County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.
SNAP participation runs 7.6% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 1.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $108,125, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55127000201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55127000201?
Census tract 55127000201 in Elkhorn 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 55127000201?
Median gross rent is $1,231/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55127000201?
3.8% of residents in tract 55127000201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,905.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55127000201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 14th, minority 4th, housing 28th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 55127000201 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.6% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 55127000201 compare to Elkhorn overall?
Tract 55127000201 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Elkhorn at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elkhorn; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Elkhorn
Top eight tracts in Elkhorn ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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