Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally
Whitewater Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 55127000502 · Walworth County, WI · pop 3,743 · 90% of tract blocks fall in Whitewater
Census tract 55127000502 covers part of Whitewater, WI, and scores 6.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,743. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,547
Renter share62.4%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate25.6%
Median income$58,558
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Whitewater and the region
Centroid at 42.8240, -88.7609 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitewater 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
25.6% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$983 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Whitewater compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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
- 0.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.1%Peak (2015)
- 3Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% 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.
- 10.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.1%Food insecurity
- 15.7%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 9.3%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 33.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitewater
It sits 2.5 points above the Walworth County average of 3.8. The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Cost burden runs 45% here against 34.8% across Walworth County. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.3/10. The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 41 evictions over 9 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 1.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 0.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #16,571 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.6/10. Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $983, close to the Whitewater average. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $58,558.
62% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 55127000502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55127000502?
Census tract 55127000502 in Whitewater 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 55127000502?
Median gross rent is $983/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55127000502?
25.6% of residents in tract 55127000502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,743.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55127000502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 11th, minority 34th, housing 57th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55127000502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 41 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 55127000502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.46% of renter households, peaking at 1.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55127000502 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.8% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55127000502 compare to Whitewater overall?
Tract 55127000502 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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