Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
West End Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079013300 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 803 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 55079013300 sits in the West End area of Milwaukee eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. Population here is 803. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.1/10.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units464
Renter share64.7%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate29.9%
Median income$45,368
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0348, -87.9621 · click any tract to drill in
Why West End scores 5.8
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
29.9% poverty · this tract
7.5
Supply constraint
$920 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 West End compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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)
- 285Total filings over 13 yrs
- 8.20%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.7%Peak (2011)
- 28Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 126Total filings 2020-21
- 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.92×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 West End. 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.
- 19.5%Housing insecurity
- 12.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.8%Food insecurity
- 30.1%SNAP enrollment
- 13.5%Transit barriers
- 13.3%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 34.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West End
The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. SNAP participation runs 30.1% against 15.2% nationally.
The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.3/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5.
Cost burden runs 40% here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Food insecurity runs 26.8% against 17.8% nationally.
Court records carry 285 eviction filings across 13 observed years. At $920 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Milwaukee commands.
Filings peaked in 2011 at 12.7% of renter households. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 8.2% of renter households face a filing.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079013300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079013300?
Census tract 55079013300 in the West End neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 55079013300?
Median gross rent is $920/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079013300?
29.9% of residents in tract 55079013300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 803.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079013300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 84th, minority 67th, housing 41th.
Q5
Is tract 55079013300 considered part of West End?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079013300 fall within West End (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079013300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 285 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079013300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.20% of renter households, peaking at 12.7% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079013300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.92× 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 55079013300 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.5% 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. 12.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079013300 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079013300 scores 5.8/10, 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 55079013300 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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