Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Wildcat Creek Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Greenfield
Tract 55079101000 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 5,002 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Tract 55079101000 sits in the Wildcat Creek Heights area of West Allis eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 5,002. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units2,368
Renter share65.1%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$79,565
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Greenfield and the region
Centroid at 42.9917, -88.0576 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wildcat Creek Heights scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Greenfield
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,199 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Greenfield
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Greenfield
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Greenfield
4.6
How Wildcat Creek Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 5%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 693Total filings over 13 yrs
- 4.06%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.5%Peak (2007)
- 54Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 16% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 400Total filings 2020-21
- 5.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.34×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Wildcat Creek Heights. 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.
- 9.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.0%Food insecurity
- 10.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 26.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wildcat Creek Heights
19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. 65% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10. It sits 1.5 points below the Milwaukee County average of 4.5.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Against Milwaukee County at 45.8%, 39% of renters here are cost-burdened. At $1,199 a month, rents run 19% over what the rest of West Allis commands.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 693 filings here across 13 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2007, when 5.5% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). 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 4.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079101000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079101000?
Census tract 55079101000 in the Wildcat Creek Heights 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 55079101000?
Median gross rent is $1,199/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079101000?
7.6% of residents in tract 55079101000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,002.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079101000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 12th, minority 52th, housing 96th.
Q5
Is tract 55079101000 considered part of Wildcat Creek Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079101000 fall within Wildcat Creek Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079101000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 693 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079101000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.06% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079101000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.34× 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 55079101000 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.1% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079101000 compare to Greenfield overall?
Tract 55079101000 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Greenfield at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Greenfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 55079101000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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