Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Honey Creek Circle Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079021800 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 1,919 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 55079021800 sits in the Honey Creek Circle area of Milwaukee eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. It is home to 1,919 residents. Severe burden reaches 34%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units788
Renter share44.8%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate21.5%
Median income$55,417
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 42.9408, -87.9569 · click any tract to drill in
Why Honey Creek Circle scores 5.2
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
21.5% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$792 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 Honey Creek Circle compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%Housing & transportation
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)
- 157Total filings over 13 yrs
- 3.41%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.4%Peak (2004)
- 5Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 62% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 37Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.56×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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.
- 15.3%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.6%Food insecurity
- 25.0%SNAP enrollment
- 11.2%Transit barriers
- 13.6%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 36.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Honey Creek Circle
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.3/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Average gross rent is $792, 25% below the Milwaukee average.
The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
SNAP participation runs 25.0% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 157 filings here across 13 tracked years. It sits 0.7 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5.
Filings peaked in 2004 at 4.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.9/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079021800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079021800?
Census tract 55079021800 in the Honey Creek Circle neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 55079021800?
Median gross rent is $792/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079021800?
21.5% of residents in tract 55079021800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,919.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079021800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 94th, minority 50th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 55079021800 considered part of Honey Creek Circle?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079021800 fall within Honey Creek Circle (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079021800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 157 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079021800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.41% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079021800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.56× 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 55079021800 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.3% 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 55079021800 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079021800 scores 5.2/10, 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.
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