Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Genoa City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55127001702 · Walworth County, WI · pop 5,434 · 24% of tract blocks fall in Genoa City
How risky is Genoa City in Walworth County for landlords? Census tract 55127001702 scores 3.3/10, the Lower tier. That is riskier than about 3% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 26% of renter households, a moderate level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,030 a month while the average household earns $88,723 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 12% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units2,078
Renter share12.4%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$88,723
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
22
th percentile
Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Genoa City and the region
Centroid at 42.5254, -88.5126 · click any tract to drill in
Why Genoa City scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Genoa City
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,030 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Genoa City
2.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Genoa City
3.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Genoa City
2.8
How Genoa City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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)
- 41Total filings over 9 yrs
- 1.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.4%Peak (2017)
- 7Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 40% 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.
- 9.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.8%Food insecurity
- 11.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 29.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Genoa City
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 3.7/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Genoa City, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 30th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 41 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 1.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.4% of renter households in 2017.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 55127001702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55127001702?
Census tract 55127001702 in Genoa City 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 55127001702?
Median gross rent is $1,030/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55127001702?
6.0% of residents in tract 55127001702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,434.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55127001702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 41th, minority 29th, housing 25th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55127001702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 41 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 55127001702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.03% of renter households, peaking at 1.4% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55127001702 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.9% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55127001702 compare to Genoa City overall?
Tract 55127001702 scores 2.2/10, lower than the parent city of Genoa City at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Genoa City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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