Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Freedom Village Eviction Risk: Lower , Brown Deer
Tract 55079050101 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 5,702 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 55079050101 covers part of the Freedom Village area of Brown Deer, WI, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,702. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.2/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units2,529
Renter share22.6%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate4.7%
Median income$92,821
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brown Deer and the region
Centroid at 43.1768, -87.9849 · click any tract to drill in
Why Freedom Village scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Brown Deer
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
4.7% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$984 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brown Deer
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brown Deer
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brown Deer
5.9
How Freedom Village compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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)
- 279Total filings over 13 yrs
- 6.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.7%Peak (2016)
- 27Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 17% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 129Total filings 2020-21
- 1.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.36×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. 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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.4%Food insecurity
- 11.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 13.9%Frequent mental distress
- 25.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Freedom Village
19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.5 points.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.4/10. Average gross rent is $984, 17% below the Brown Deer average. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 279 filings here across 13 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 12.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.9% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 23% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.5/10. Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $92,821, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079050101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079050101?
Census tract 55079050101 in the Freedom Village neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 55079050101?
Median gross rent is $984/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079050101?
4.7% of residents in tract 55079050101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,702.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079050101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 21th, minority 67th, housing 37th.
Q5
Is tract 55079050101 considered part of Freedom Village?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079050101 fall within Freedom Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079050101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 279 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079050101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.89% of renter households, peaking at 12.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079050101 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.36× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079050101 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079050101 compare to Brown Deer overall?
Tract 55079050101 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Brown Deer at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brown Deer; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Brown Deer
Top eight tracts in Brown Deer ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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