Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Elkhorn Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55127000902 · Walworth County, WI · pop 3,415 · 90% of tract blocks fall in Elkhorn
In Elkhorn, census tract 55127000902 scores $1/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 11% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $989 a month while the average household earns $67,928 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,631
Renter share42.8%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$67,928
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elkhorn and the region
Centroid at 42.6719, -88.5300 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elkhorn scores 2.7
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
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$989 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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)
- 129Total filings over 9 yrs
- 3.12%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2012)
- 13Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 18% 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.
- 10.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.8%Food insecurity
- 12.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 10.2%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 29.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elkhorn
What moves this score most 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 safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 43rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55127000902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55127000902?
Census tract 55127000902 in Elkhorn scores 2.7/10 (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 55127000902?
Median gross rent is $989/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55127000902?
7.0% of residents in tract 55127000902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,415.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55127000902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 74th, minority 24th, housing 36th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55127000902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 129 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 55127000902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.12% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55127000902 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.7% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55127000902 compare to Elkhorn overall?
Tract 55127000902 scores 2.7/10, right in line with 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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