Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Elkhorn Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55127000901 · Walworth County, WI · pop 6,382 · 79% of tract blocks fall in Elkhorn
Census tract 55127000901 runs through Elkhorn in Walworth County. With 6,382 residents, it scores 4.2/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 15% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,220 a month against an average household income of $75,959 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units2,385
Renter share43.9%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate3.2%
Median income$75,959
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
22
th percentile
Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elkhorn and the region
Centroid at 42.6751, -88.5647 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elkhorn scores 2.2
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
3.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,220 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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)
- 148Total filings over 9 yrs
- 1.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.2%Peak (2017)
- 25Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 67% over the past 9 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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 8.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 26.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elkhorn
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Elkhorn, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Walworth County average of 4.2 and below the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 148 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 1.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.2% of renter households in 2017.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 36th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55127000901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55127000901?
Census tract 55127000901 in Elkhorn scores 2.2/10 (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 55127000901?
Median gross rent is $1,220/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55127000901?
3.2% of residents in tract 55127000901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,382.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55127000901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 55th, minority 36th, housing 55th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55127000901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 148 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 55127000901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.59% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55127000901 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55127000901 compare to Elkhorn overall?
Tract 55127000901 scores 2.2/10, lower than the parent city of Elkhorn at 2.6/10. 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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