Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Cesar E. Chavez Drive Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079016900 ·
Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,730 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 5.8/10, tract 55079016900 in the Cesar E. Chavez Drive area of Milwaukee, WI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,730 residents. Adults with no health insurance runs 35.0% against 11.3% nationally.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%Stable renters 44%Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units1,151
Renter share72.1%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate38.2%
Median income$42,452
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
71th percentile
#6 of 18 tracts In Cesar E. Chavez Drive
Elevated
Within parent city
80th percentile
#42 of 210 tracts In Milwaukee
High
Within county
79th percentile
#63 of 301 tracts In Milwaukee County
High
Within state
98th percentile
#29 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0095, -87.9377 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cesar E. Chavez Drive scores 5.8
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
38.2% poverty · this tract
9.5
Supply constraint
$809 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Cesar E. Chavez Drive compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
90%Socioeconomic
97%Household composition
89%Racial/ethnic minority
89%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
100%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)
781Total filings over 13 yrs
6.35%Avg annual filing rate
7.8%Peak (2013)
70Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2003 to 2017
Filings climbed 23% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
262Total filings 2020-21
3.4Avg monthly (observed)
5.5Pre-pandemic baseline
0.62×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Cesar E. Chavez Drive. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
34.7%Housing insecurity
20.9%Utility-shutoff threat
51.0%Food insecurity
54.4%SNAP enrollment
24.3%Transit barriers
35.0%No health insurance
20.9%Frequent mental distress
47.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cesar E. Chavez Drive
The dominant input is economic stress at 9.5/10. Housing insecurity runs 34.7% against 14.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 38%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.4/10. 72% 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.
At $809 a month, rents run 24% under what the rest of Milwaukee commands. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Cost burden runs 39% here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 781 filings here across 13 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2013 at 7.8% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 6.3% 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 55079016900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079016900?
Census tract 55079016900 in the Cesar E. Chavez Drive 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 55079016900?
Median gross rent is $809/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079016900?
38.2% of residents in tract 55079016900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,730.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079016900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 97th, minority 89th, housing 89th.
Q5
Is tract 55079016900 considered part of Cesar E. Chavez Drive?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079016900 fall within Cesar E. Chavez Drive (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079016900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 781 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079016900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.35% of renter households, peaking at 7.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079016900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.62× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079016900 struggle to pay rent?
About 34.7% 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. 20.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079016900 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079016900 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 55079016900 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. 100% 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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