Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Dretzka Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Milwaukee
Tract 55079000202 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 6,066 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Tract 55079000202 sits in the Dretzka Park area of Milwaukee eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. Against Milwaukee County at 45.8%, 32% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units2,447
Renter share42.4%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$86,519
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.1610, -88.0383 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dretzka Park scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Milwaukee
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,395 rent vs county FMR
6.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Milwaukee
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Milwaukee
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Milwaukee
5.5
How Dretzka Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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)
- 1,573Total filings over 13 yrs
- 10.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.1%Peak (2014)
- 176Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 105% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,034Total filings 2020-21
- 13.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 11.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.22×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Dretzka 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.
- 16.3%Housing insecurity
- 9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.9%Food insecurity
- 21.5%SNAP enrollment
- 10.4%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 28.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dretzka Park
Average gross rent is $1,395, 32% above the Milwaukee average. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.1/10.
On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 1,573 evictions over 13 years of observation.
Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. The worst year on record was 2014, when 17.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 10.8% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #54,273 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $86,519. 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079000202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079000202?
Census tract 55079000202 in the Dretzka Park neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 55079000202?
Median gross rent is $1,395/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079000202?
13.8% of residents in tract 55079000202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,066.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079000202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 74th, minority 81th, housing 45th.
Q5
Is tract 55079000202 considered part of Dretzka Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079000202 fall within Dretzka Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079000202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,573 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079000202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.75% of renter households, peaking at 17.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079000202 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.22× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079000202 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.3% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079000202 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079000202 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Milwaukee at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Milwaukee eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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