Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Timmerman West Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079000400 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,407 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 55079000400 sits in the Timmerman West area of Milwaukee eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. It is home to 2,407 residents. 33% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 48%
Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units1,229
Renter share70.9%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate14.9%
Median income$51,354
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
36
th percentile
Low
Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.1137, -88.0525 · click any tract to drill in
Why Timmerman West scores 4.7
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
14.9% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,038 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Timmerman West compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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)
- 996Total filings over 13 yrs
- 9.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.1%Peak (2011)
- 66Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 493Total filings 2020-21
- 6.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.09×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 Timmerman West. 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.
- 21.0%Housing insecurity
- 13.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.7%Food insecurity
- 30.4%SNAP enrollment
- 13.6%Transit barriers
- 10.7%No health insurance
- 19.5%Frequent mental distress
- 31.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Timmerman West
The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. This is renter territory: 71% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.1/10. SNAP participation runs 30.4% against 15.2% nationally.
Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10.
Food insecurity runs 26.7% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 996 evictions over 13 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2011, when 11.1% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 9.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Milwaukee County average of 4.5 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079000400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079000400?
Census tract 55079000400 in the Timmerman West neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 55079000400?
Median gross rent is $1,038/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079000400?
14.9% of residents in tract 55079000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,407.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079000400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 60th, minority 78th, housing 39th.
Q5
Is tract 55079000400 considered part of Timmerman West?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079000400 fall within Timmerman West (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079000400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 996 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079000400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.54% of renter households, peaking at 11.1% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079000400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.09× 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 55079000400 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.0% 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.
Q9
How does tract 55079000400 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079000400 scores 4.7/10, higher 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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