Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Underwood Parkway Eviction Risk: Lower , Wauwatosa
Tract 55079100800 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,891 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 55079100800 sits in the Underwood Parkway area of West Allis eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.1/10. 36% 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 7%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,417
Renter share17.6%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate8.7%
Median income$77,450
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
20
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wauwatosa and the region
Centroid at 43.0228, -88.0546 · click any tract to drill in
Why Underwood Parkway scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wauwatosa
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
8.7% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$873 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wauwatosa
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wauwatosa
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wauwatosa
4.6
How Underwood Parkway compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 24%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
- 0%Grade B
- 50%Grade C
- 1%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)
- 56Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.58%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2004)
- 7Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 133% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 14Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.60×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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Underwood Parkway. 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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.8%Food insecurity
- 9.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 7.0%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 27.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Underwood Parkway
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.9/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.
Court records carry 56 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Food insecurity runs 9.8% against 17.8% nationally.
Average gross rent is $873, 13% below the West Allis average. The worst year on record was 2004, when 4.5% of renter households were served. 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 1.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079100800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079100800?
Census tract 55079100800 in the Underwood Parkway 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 55079100800?
Median gross rent is $873/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079100800?
8.7% of residents in tract 55079100800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,891.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079100800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 11th, minority 24th, housing 39th.
Q5
Is tract 55079100800 considered part of Underwood Parkway?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079100800 fall within Underwood Parkway (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079100800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 56 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079100800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.58% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079100800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.60× 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 55079100800 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079100800 compare to Wauwatosa overall?
Tract 55079100800 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Wauwatosa at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wauwatosa eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 55079100800 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. 1% 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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/ 10 · Moderate
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4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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3.6
/ 10 · Low
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3.5
/ 10 · Low
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3.5
/ 10 · Low
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