Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally

Lincoln Heights Terrace Eviction Risk: Lower , West Allis

Tract 55079101600 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 4,416 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 3.3/10, tract 55079101600 in the Lincoln Heights Terrace area of West Allis, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.

Risk score

3.3

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 20% Owners 64%

Tract context

Occupied units1,958

Renter share36.4%

SVI overall0.35

Poverty rate11.2%

Median income$77,676

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across West Allis and the region

Centroid at 43.0031, -87.9888 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lincoln Heights Terrace scores 3.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from West Allis

7.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.0

State political climate

Wisconsin legislature & governorship

2.9

Economic stress

11.2% poverty · this tract

2.8

Supply constraint

$880 rent vs county FMR

2.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from West Allis

3.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.2

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from West Allis

8.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from West Allis

4.6

How Lincoln Heights Terrace compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 35

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

34%Socioeconomic
31%Household composition
39%Racial/ethnic minority
49%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
22%Grade B
72%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)

255Total filings over 13 yrs
2.38%Avg annual filing rate
3.2%Peak (2014)
23Filings in 2017 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2003 to 2017

Filings climbed 35% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

97Total filings 2020-21
1.3Avg monthly (observed)
1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.67×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01

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 Lincoln Heights Terrace. 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.

11.7%Housing insecurity
6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
14.6%Food insecurity
14.5%SNAP enrollment
7.8%Transit barriers
10.6%No health insurance
16.0%Frequent mental distress
29.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lincoln Heights Terrace

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. 18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2/10.

Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 255 filings here across 13 tracked years. Average gross rent is $880, 13% below the West Allis average.

The worst year on record was 2014, when 3.2% 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 2.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.2/10.

Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $77,676, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 55079101600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079101600?

Census tract 55079101600 in the Lincoln Heights Terrace neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 55079101600?

Median gross rent is $880/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 55079101600?

11.2% of residents in tract 55079101600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,416.

How socially vulnerable is tract 55079101600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 31th, minority 39th, housing 49th.

Is tract 55079101600 considered part of Lincoln Heights Terrace?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079101600 fall within Lincoln Heights Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079101600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 255 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079101600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.38% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 55079101600 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.67× 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.

What share of households in tract 55079101600 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.7% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 55079101600 compare to West Allis overall?

Tract 55079101600 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of West Allis at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Allis eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Q10

Was tract 55079101600 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. 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in West Allis

Top eight tracts in West Allis ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org