Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally
Historic Starin Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Whitewater
Tract 55127000400 · Walworth County, WI · pop 3,665 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
With a score of 6.3/10, tract 55127000400 in the Historic Starin Park area of Whitewater, WI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. about half of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Walworth County average of 34.8%.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
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 parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very 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 6.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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)
- 96Total filings over 9 yrs
- 1.22%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.6%Peak (2013)
- 12Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
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.
- 10.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.2%Food insecurity
- 14.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.2%Transit barriers
- 10.1%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 32.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Historic Starin Park
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. It sits 2.5 points above the Walworth County average of 3.8. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.3/10. Average gross rent is $1,280, 23% above the Whitewater average.
The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10.
Court records carry 96 eviction filings across 9 observed years. Filings peaked in 2013 at 1.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #16,571 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $68,750.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
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 6.3/10 (Elevated 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 6.3/10, higher than the parent city of Whitewater at 4.9/10. 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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