Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Graceland Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079000800 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 4,775 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 4.4/10, tract 55079000800 in the Graceland area of Milwaukee, WI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 32% here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 42%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,811
Renter share61.1%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate14.7%
Median income$62,243
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
28
th percentile
Low
Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
71
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.1407, -87.9737 · click any tract to drill in
Why Graceland scores 4.4
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
$1,378 rent vs county FMR
6.0
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 Graceland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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)
- 1,197Total filings over 13 yrs
- 10.07%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.4%Peak (2010)
- 107Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 22% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 475Total filings 2020-21
- 6.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.81×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 18.8%Housing insecurity
- 11.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.9%Food insecurity
- 25.9%SNAP enrollment
- 12.1%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 31.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Graceland
At $1,378 a month, rents run 30% over what the rest of Milwaukee commands. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.1/10.
15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10. SNAP participation runs 25.9% against 15.2% nationally.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,197 filings here across 13 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2010, when 12.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 10.1% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 49th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
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 55079000800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079000800?
Census tract 55079000800 in the Graceland neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 55079000800?
Median gross rent is $1,378/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079000800?
14.7% of residents in tract 55079000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,775.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079000800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 95th, minority 85th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 55079000800 considered part of Graceland?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079000800 fall within Graceland (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079000800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,197 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079000800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.07% of renter households, peaking at 12.4% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079000800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.81× 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 55079000800 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.8% 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. 11.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079000800 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079000800 scores 4.4/10, right in line with 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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