Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
West End Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079013400 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,430 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 5.8/10, tract 55079013400 in the West End area of Milwaukee, WI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs around two-thirds here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units1,056
Renter share74.6%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate36.3%
Median income$31,484
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
93
th percentile
Very High
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0348, -87.9536 · click any tract to drill in
Why West End scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Milwaukee
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
36.3% poverty · this tract
9.1
Supply constraint
$947 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Milwaukee
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Milwaukee
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Milwaukee
5.5
How West End compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 5%Grade C
- 92%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)
- 1,472Total filings over 13 yrs
- 15.14%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.8%Peak (2017)
- 146Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 70% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 408Total filings 2020-21
- 5.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 9.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.57×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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West End. 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.
- 32.6%Housing insecurity
- 22.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 46.0%Food insecurity
- 53.7%SNAP enrollment
- 22.8%Transit barriers
- 18.5%No health insurance
- 22.0%Frequent mental distress
- 42.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West End
Severe burden reaches 34%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. SNAP participation runs 53.7% against 15.2% nationally. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.1/10.
The poverty rate is 36%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Housing insecurity runs 32.6% against 14.2% nationally.
Set annual rent against average income of $31,484 and the ratio lands at 36%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 75% 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 hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
Court records carry 1,472 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Average gross rent is $947, 11% below the Milwaukee average. The worst year on record was 2017, when 19.8% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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 15.1% of renter households face a filing.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079013400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079013400?
Census tract 55079013400 in the West End neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (Moderate 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 55079013400?
Median gross rent is $947/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079013400?
36.3% of residents in tract 55079013400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,430.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079013400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 98th, minority 94th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 55079013400 considered part of West End?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079013400 fall within West End (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079013400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,472 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079013400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.14% of renter households, peaking at 19.8% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079013400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.57× 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.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079013400 struggle to pay rent?
About 32.6% 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. 22.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079013400 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079013400 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Milwaukee at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Milwaukee eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 55079013400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 92% 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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