Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
College Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Oak Creek
Tract 55079160102 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,356 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 55079160102 covers part of the College Heights area of Oak Creek, WI, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,356 residents. 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 22%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,212
Renter share57.5%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate4.7%
Median income$67,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Oak Creek and the region
Centroid at 42.9168, -87.9232 · click any tract to drill in
Why College Heights scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Oak Creek
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
$1,092 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oak Creek
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oak Creek
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oak Creek
3.2
How College Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 120Total filings 2020-21
- 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×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.
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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.4%Food insecurity
- 11.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 28.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in College Heights
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.2/10. At $1,092 a month, rents run 25% under what the rest of Oak Creek commands. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.5 points.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Against Milwaukee County at 45.8%, 38% of renters here are cost-burdened.
The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.4/10.
Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $67,250. 58% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079160102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079160102?
Census tract 55079160102 in the College 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 55079160102?
Median gross rent is $1,092/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079160102?
4.7% of residents in tract 55079160102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,356.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079160102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 24th, minority 38th, housing 75th.
Q5
Is tract 55079160102 considered part of College Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079160102 fall within College Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 55079160102 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55079160102 compare to Oak Creek overall?
Tract 55079160102 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Oak Creek at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oak Creek eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Oak Creek
Top eight tracts in Oak Creek ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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