Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Milwaukee County Research Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Wauwatosa
Tract 55079185300 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 4,320 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
55079185300 is a census tract in the Milwaukee County Research Park area of Wauwatosa, WI. It scores 3.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,320. 25% 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
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units2,353
Renter share56.4%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$71,296
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
92
th percentile
Very High
Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wauwatosa and the region
Centroid at 43.0499, -88.0426 · click any tract to drill in
Why Milwaukee County Research Park scores 3.3
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
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,571 rent vs county FMR
7.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wauwatosa
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wauwatosa
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wauwatosa
4.4
How Milwaukee County Research Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%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
- 19%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)
- 51Total filings over 12 yrs
- 0.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.5%Peak (2003)
- 2Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 86% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 76Total filings 2020-21
- 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 3.33×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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.
- 7.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.0%Food insecurity
- 8.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 23.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Milwaukee County Research Park
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.1/10. Cost burden runs 56% here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County. The voucher gap is 25.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.1/10. It sits 1.2 points below the Milwaukee County average of 4.5. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10.
Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 51 evictions over 12 years of observation. At $1,571 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Wauwatosa commands.
Filings peaked in 2003 at 2.5% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 0.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 27th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079185300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079185300?
Census tract 55079185300 in the Milwaukee County Research Park 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 55079185300?
Median gross rent is $1,571/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079185300?
10.4% of residents in tract 55079185300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,320.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079185300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 29th, minority 42th, housing 81th.
Q5
Is tract 55079185300 considered part of Milwaukee County Research Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079185300 fall within Milwaukee County Research Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079185300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 51 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 55079185300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.73% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079185300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.33× 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 55079185300 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.6% 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 55079185300 compare to Wauwatosa overall?
Tract 55079185300 scores 3.3/10, 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 55079185300 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 Wauwatosa
Top eight tracts in Wauwatosa ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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