Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Drexel Highlands Eviction Risk: Lower , South Milwaukee
Tract 55079170400 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,167 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 55079170400 sits in the Drexel Highlands area of South Milwaukee eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 3,167 residents. The severe-burden share is 42%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,137
Renter share7.6%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate1.6%
Median income$98,234
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 42.8985, -87.8734 · click any tract to drill in
Why Drexel Highlands scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from South Milwaukee
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
1.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$950 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Milwaukee
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Milwaukee
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Milwaukee
5.7
How Drexel Highlands compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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
- 36%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)
- 33Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.6%Peak (2009)
- 1Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 67% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 12Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.71×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.4%Food insecurity
- 9.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 26.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Drexel Highlands
Cost burden runs 60% here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.
It sits 1.5 points below the Milwaukee County average of 4.5. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.4/10.
Court records carry 33 eviction filings across 11 observed years. Food insecurity runs 9.4% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2009 at 6.6% of renter households.
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 2.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 8% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079170400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079170400?
Census tract 55079170400 in the Drexel Highlands 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 55079170400?
Median gross rent is $950/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079170400?
1.6% of residents in tract 55079170400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,167.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079170400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 36th, minority 22th, housing 19th.
Q5
Is tract 55079170400 considered part of Drexel Highlands?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079170400 fall within Drexel Highlands (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079170400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 33 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 55079170400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.61% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079170400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.71× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079170400 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079170400 compare to South Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079170400 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of South Milwaukee at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South Milwaukee eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 55079170400 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 South Milwaukee
Top eight tracts in South Milwaukee ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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