Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Butchel Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079000700 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,884 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 55079000700, home to 3,884 residents in the Butchel Park area of Milwaukee, scores 6.1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
76% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 43% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,127 monthly, set against $42,976 in average yearly household income, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 46% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,418
Renter share45.6%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate14.7%
Median income$42,976
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.1525, -87.9951 · click any tract to drill in
Why Butchel Park scores 5
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
14.7% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,127 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 Butchel Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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)
- 440Total filings over 13 yrs
- 5.72%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.0%Peak (2017)
- 47Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 176Total filings 2020-21
- 2.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.80×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Butchel 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.
- 20.4%Housing insecurity
- 13.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.0%Food insecurity
- 32.6%SNAP enrollment
- 13.8%Transit barriers
- 10.8%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 37.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Butchel Park
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Milwaukee eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Milwaukee County average of 6.0 and above the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 440 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 5.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.0% of renter households in 2017.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.80x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079000700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079000700?
Census tract 55079000700 in the Butchel Park neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 55079000700?
Median gross rent is $1,127/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079000700?
14.7% of residents in tract 55079000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,884.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079000700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 92th, minority 84th, housing 77th.
Q5
Is tract 55079000700 considered part of Butchel Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079000700 fall within Butchel Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079000700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 440 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079000700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.72% of renter households, peaking at 7.0% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079000700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.80× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079000700 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.4% 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.
Q9
How does tract 55079000700 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079000700 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Milwaukee at 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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