Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Elkhorn Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55127000902 · Walworth County, WI · pop 3,415 · 90% of tract blocks fall in Elkhorn
Tract 55127000902 sits in Elkhorn, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.8/10. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10.
Risk score
3.8
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
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
38
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 3.8
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
The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.8/10.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.4/10. Court records carry 129 eviction filings across 9 observed years. Filings peaked in 2012 at 5.9% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $67,928, annual rent is just 17%.
34% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Walworth County average of 3.8 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55127000902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55127000902?
Census tract 55127000902 in Elkhorn scores 3.8/10 (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 3.8/10, right in line with 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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