Within neighborhood
80
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Tosa Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079001700 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 4,609 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
55079001700 is a census tract in the Tosa Heights area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 5.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,609 residents. The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,875
Renter share62.2%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate20.2%
Median income$49,432
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.1086, -88.0162 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tosa Heights scores 5.3
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
20.2% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,084 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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 Tosa Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 20%Grade B
- 1%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 1,441Total filings over 13 yrs
- 11.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.0%Peak (2017)
- 168Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 155% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 686Total filings 2020-21
- 8.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 9.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.91×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 Tosa Heights. 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.
- 23.1%Housing insecurity
- 14.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.5%Food insecurity
- 33.8%SNAP enrollment
- 14.9%Transit barriers
- 10.4%No health insurance
- 19.5%Frequent mental distress
- 33.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tosa Heights
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.1/10. Food insecurity runs 29.5% against 17.8% nationally. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. Housing insecurity runs 23.1% against 14.2% nationally.
Court records carry 1,441 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points.
Filings peaked in 2017 at 15.0% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Milwaukee Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 11.4% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079001700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079001700?
Census tract 55079001700 in the Tosa Heights neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 55079001700?
Median gross rent is $1,084/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079001700?
20.2% of residents in tract 55079001700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,609.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079001700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 81th, minority 85th, housing 59th.
Q5
Is tract 55079001700 considered part of Tosa Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079001700 fall within Tosa Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079001700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,441 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079001700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.40% of renter households, peaking at 15.0% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079001700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.91× 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 55079001700 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.1% 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. 14.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079001700 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079001700 scores 5.3/10, 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.
Q10
Was tract 55079001700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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