Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Park East Eviction Risk: Lower , Milwaukee
Tract 55079011300 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,714 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 55079011300 sits in the Park East area of Milwaukee eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.9/10. It is home to 2,714 residents. Against Milwaukee County at 45.8%, 28% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 63%
Owners 12%
Tract context
Occupied units1,592
Renter share87.8%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate17.1%
Median income$92,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0488, -87.9066 · click any tract to drill in
Why Park East scores 3.9
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
17.1% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,745 rent vs county FMR
8.9
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 Park East compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 84%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)
- 114Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2003)
- 8Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 67% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 81Total filings 2020-21
- 1.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.50×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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.
- 7.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.0%Food insecurity
- 8.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 22.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Park East
At $1,745 a month, rents run 65% over what the rest of Milwaukee commands. The voucher gap is 38.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. 88% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
What pushes it up most is supply constraint at 8.9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.
The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 114 evictions over 13 years of observation. It sits 0.6 points below the Milwaukee County average of 4.5.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2003, when 3.4% of renter households were served.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079011300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079011300?
Census tract 55079011300 in the Park East neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 55079011300?
Median gross rent is $1,745/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079011300?
17.1% of residents in tract 55079011300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,714.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079011300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 6th, minority 47th, housing 85th.
Q5
Is tract 55079011300 considered part of Park East?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079011300 fall within Park East (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079011300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 114 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079011300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.16% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079011300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.50× 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.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079011300 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.4% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079011300 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079011300 scores 3.9/10, 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 55079011300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 84% 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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