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Neighborhood · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally

Historic Starin Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Whitewater

Tract 55127000400 · Walworth County, WI · pop 3,665 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

How risky is Historic Starin Park in Whitewater for landlords? Census tract 55127000400 scores 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

51% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,280 a month while the average household earns $68,750 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 51% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 25% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,397
Renter share51.0%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate24.0%
Median income$68,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Historic Starin Park
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Whitewater
Very Low
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 29 tracts In Walworth County
Very High
Within state
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#178 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Whitewater and the region

Centroid at 42.8273, -88.7120 · click any tract to drill in

Why Historic Starin Park scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Whitewater
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
24.0% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,280 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Whitewater
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Whitewater
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Whitewater
8.3

How Historic Starin Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Historic Starin Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.25.2This tracttract 000400Whitewater: 3.03.0Whitewaterparent cityCounty: 3.03.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 96Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 1.22%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.6%Peak (2013)
  • 12Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 551270004002009: 10 filings (1.11/100 renter HHs)2010: 7 filings (0.77/100 renter HHs)2011: 8 filings (0.87/100 renter HHs)2012: 12 filings (1.31/100 renter HHs)2013: 15 filings (1.64/100 renter HHs)2014: 11 filings (1.20/100 renter HHs)2015: 13 filings (1.42/100 renter HHs)2016: 8 filings (1.07/100 renter HHs)2017: 12 filings (1.60/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 20% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Historic Starin Park. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Historic Starin Park

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. 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 Whitewater eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well above the Walworth County average of 4.2 and above the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier 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 6.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 60th 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 55127000400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55127000400?

Census tract 55127000400 in the Historic Starin Park neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (Moderate 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 55127000400?

Median gross rent is $1,280/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55127000400?

24.0% of residents in tract 55127000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,665.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55127000400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 21th, minority 40th, housing 87th.
Q5

Is tract 55127000400 considered part of Historic Starin Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55127000400 fall within Historic Starin Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55127000400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 96 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 55127000400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.22% of renter households, peaking at 1.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55127000400 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55127000400 compare to Whitewater overall?

Tract 55127000400 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Whitewater at 3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Whitewater eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Whitewater

Top eight tracts in Whitewater ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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