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Historic Starin Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Whitewater

Tract 55127000501 · Walworth County, WI · pop 4,241 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Tract 55127000501 sits in the Historic Starin Park area of Whitewater eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.3/10. Population here is 4,241. Severe burden reaches 46%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 65% Stable renters 29% Owners 6%
Tract context
Occupied units1,074
Renter share94.3%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate53.0%
Median income$24,200

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
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Whitewater
Moderate
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 29 tracts In Walworth County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Whitewater and the region

Centroid at 42.8391, -88.7534 · click any tract to drill in

Why Historic Starin Park scores 6.3

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
53.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$840 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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: 6.36.3This tracttract 000501Whitewater: 4.94.9Whitewaterparent cityCounty: 3.93.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 42

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)

  • 205Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 2.37%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.5%Peak (2015)
  • 19Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 551270005012009: 25 filings (3.71/100 renter HHs)2010: 16 filings (1.46/100 renter HHs)2011: 12 filings (1.26/100 renter HHs)2012: 15 filings (1.58/100 renter HHs)2013: 20 filings (2.10/100 renter HHs)2014: 34 filings (3.57/100 renter HHs)2015: 43 filings (4.52/100 renter HHs)2016: 21 filings (1.63/100 renter HHs)2017: 19 filings (1.47/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 24% 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

roughly two in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Walworth County average of 34.8%. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 53%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

SNAP participation runs 38.9% against 15.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.8/10. 94% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Against the Walworth County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.5 points. Set annual rent against average income of $24,200 and the ratio lands at 42%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Food insecurity runs 33.8% against 17.8% nationally.

Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.3/10. At $840 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Whitewater commands. Court records carry 205 eviction filings across 9 observed years.

The worst year on record was 2015, when 4.5% of renter households were served.

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 55127000501

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55127000501?

Census tract 55127000501 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 55127000501?

Median gross rent is $840/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55127000501?

53.0% of residents in tract 55127000501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,241.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55127000501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 1th, minority 25th, housing 80th.
Q5

Is tract 55127000501 considered part of Historic Starin Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55127000501 fall within Historic Starin Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55127000501?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 205 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 55127000501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.37% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55127000501 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.4% 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. 13.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55127000501 compare to Whitewater overall?

Tract 55127000501 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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