Within neighborhood
60
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Lynndale Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079020300 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,925 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
55079020300 is a census tract in the Lynndale area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,925 residents. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,577
Renter share31.3%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate21.3%
Median income$74,867
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
39
th percentile
Low
Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 42.9792, -87.9266 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lynndale scores 4.8
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
21.3% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$1,092 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Lynndale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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
- 25%Grade B
- 41%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)
- 100Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2003)
- 9Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 31% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 33Total filings 2020-21
- 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.81×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 Lynndale. 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.
- 17.5%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.1%Food insecurity
- 22.1%SNAP enrollment
- 11.2%Transit barriers
- 17.9%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 31.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lynndale
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.1/10. Against Milwaukee County at 45.8%, 38% of renters here are cost-burdened. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10.
Court records carry 100 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Filings peaked in 2003 at 3.5% of renter households.
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 1.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $74,867, annual rent is just 18%.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079020300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079020300?
Census tract 55079020300 in the Lynndale neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 55079020300?
Median gross rent is $1,092/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079020300?
21.3% of residents in tract 55079020300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,925.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079020300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 67th, minority 75th, housing 39th.
Q5
Is tract 55079020300 considered part of Lynndale?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079020300 fall within Lynndale (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079020300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 100 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079020300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.89% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079020300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.81× 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 55079020300 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.5% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079020300 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079020300 scores 4.8/10, 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 55079020300 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.
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