Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally

Tosa Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Milwaukee

Tract 55079005400 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,939 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 55079005400 covers part of the Tosa Heights area of Milwaukee, WI, and scores 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,939. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

3.8

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 17% Owners 73%

Tract context

Occupied units1,513

Renter share26.6%

SVI overall0.46

Poverty rate8.9%

Median income$64,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region

Centroid at 43.0825, -88.0226 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tosa Heights scores 3.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

8.9% poverty · this tract

2.2

Supply constraint

$1,034 rent vs county FMR

3.2

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: 46

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

40%Socioeconomic
9%Household composition
51%Racial/ethnic minority
84%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
2%Grade B
98%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)

338Total filings over 13 yrs
5.74%Avg annual filing rate
7.0%Peak (2017)
46Filings in 2017 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2003 to 2017

Filings climbed 188% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

706Total filings 2020-21
9.2Avg monthly (observed)
2.1Pre-pandemic baseline
4.36×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01

Pandemic filings ran above 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.

10.6%Housing insecurity
6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
12.2%Food insecurity
12.6%SNAP enrollment
7.0%Transit barriers
7.0%No health insurance
15.5%Frequent mental distress
27.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tosa Heights

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.1/10. 37% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%.

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.2/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 338 filings here across 13 tracked years. It sits 0.7 points below the Milwaukee County average of 4.5.

The worst year on record was 2017, when 7.0% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 5.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 55079005400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079005400?

Census tract 55079005400 in the Tosa Heights neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 55079005400?

Median gross rent is $1,034/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 55079005400?

8.9% of residents in tract 55079005400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,939.

How socially vulnerable is tract 55079005400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 9th, minority 51th, housing 84th.

Is tract 55079005400 considered part of Tosa Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079005400 fall within Tosa Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079005400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 338 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079005400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.74% of renter households, peaking at 7.0% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 55079005400 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 4.36× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.

What share of households in tract 55079005400 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.6% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 55079005400 compare to Milwaukee overall?

Tract 55079005400 scores 3.8/10, 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.

Q10

Was tract 55079005400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Milwaukee

Top eight tracts in Milwaukee ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org