Neighborhood · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
West Allis Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Greenfield
Tract 55079019500 ·
Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,390 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
55079019500 is a census tract in the West Allis Heights area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 3.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,390. 26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%Stable renters 23%Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,549
Renter share36.7%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$76,267
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0th percentile
#2 of 2 tracts In West Allis Heights
Very Low
Within parent city
8th percentile
#193 of 210 tracts In Greenfield
Very Low
Within county
22th percentile
#236 of 301 tracts In Milwaukee County
Low
Within state
33th percentile
#1,029 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Greenfield and the region
Centroid at 42.9773, -88.0277 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Allis Heights scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Greenfield
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,007 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Greenfield
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Greenfield
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Greenfield
5.5
How West Allis Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
39%Socioeconomic
9%Household composition
40%Racial/ethnic minority
21%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
30%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)
118Total filings over 13 yrs
2.59%Avg annual filing rate
5.1%Peak (2016)
10Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2003 to 2017
Filings climbed 100% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
41Total filings 2020-21
0.5Avg monthly (observed)
0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
0.71×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
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 Allis Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
10.2%Housing insecurity
5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
12.7%Food insecurity
12.8%SNAP enrollment
7.1%Transit barriers
8.8%No health insurance
16.1%Frequent mental distress
28.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Allis Heights
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.4/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.
It sits 1.4 points below the Milwaukee County average of 4.5. Cost burden runs 38% here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
Court records carry 118 eviction filings across 13 observed years. The worst year on record was 2016, when 5.1% of renter households were served. 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 2.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 22nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 2.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $76,267, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079019500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079019500?
Census tract 55079019500 in the West Allis Heights neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 55079019500?
Median gross rent is $1,007/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079019500?
5.4% of residents in tract 55079019500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,390.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079019500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 9th, minority 40th, housing 21th.
Q5
Is tract 55079019500 considered part of West Allis Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079019500 fall within West Allis Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079019500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 118 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079019500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.59% of renter households, peaking at 5.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079019500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.71× 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 55079019500 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.2% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079019500 compare to Greenfield overall?
Tract 55079019500 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Greenfield at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Greenfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 55079019500 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. 30% 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 Greenfield
Top eight tracts in Greenfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.