Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Grover Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Glendale
Tract 55079060200 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 5,856 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 55079060200 sits in the Grover Heights area of Glendale, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.1/10. It is home to 5,856 residents. 32% 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
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units2,445
Renter share36.6%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate13.5%
Median income$63,979
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Glendale and the region
Centroid at 43.1011, -87.9174 · click any tract to drill in
Why Grover Heights scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Glendale
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
13.5% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,221 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Glendale
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Glendale
6.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Glendale
7.2
How Grover Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 57%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%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
- 0%Grade B
- 11%Grade C
- 2%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)
- 206Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.0%Peak (2013)
- 17Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 176Total filings 2020-21
- 2.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.56×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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.1%Food insecurity
- 10.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 26.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Grover Heights
Against Milwaukee County at 45.8%, 60% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.8/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.6/10. Court records carry 206 eviction filings across 13 observed years.
Average gross rent is $1,221, 15% below the Glendale average. Food insecurity runs 10.1% against 17.8% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2013, when 2.0% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 1.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 44th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Milwaukee County average of 4.5 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079060200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079060200?
Census tract 55079060200 in the Grover Heights neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 55079060200?
Median gross rent is $1,221/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079060200?
13.5% of residents in tract 55079060200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,856.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079060200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 84th, minority 57th, housing 97th.
Q5
Is tract 55079060200 considered part of Grover Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079060200 fall within Grover Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079060200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 206 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079060200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.62% of renter households, peaking at 2.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079060200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.56× 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 55079060200 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079060200 compare to Glendale overall?
Tract 55079060200 scores 4.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Glendale at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Glendale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 55079060200 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. 2% 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 Glendale
Top eight tracts in Glendale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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