Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
Butchel Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079000600 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 6,533 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 55079000600 (the Butchel Park neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin) comes in at 5.9/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #25,190 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 51% of renter households, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,040 a month against an average household income of $65,764 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units2,013
Renter share45.4%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate8.8%
Median income$65,764
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.1401, -88.0019 · click any tract to drill in
Why Butchel Park scores 4.2
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
8.8% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,040 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Butchel Park 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.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 1,682Total filings over 13 yrs
- 14.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.2%Peak (2017)
- 199Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 119% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 686Total filings 2020-21
- 8.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 11.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.80×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Butchel Park. 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.
- 17.0%Housing insecurity
- 9.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.0%Food insecurity
- 22.3%SNAP enrollment
- 10.8%Transit barriers
- 9.3%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Butchel Park
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Milwaukee eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Milwaukee County average of 6.0 and above the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 17.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 93rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079000600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079000600?
Census tract 55079000600 in the Butchel Park neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 55079000600?
Median gross rent is $1,040/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079000600?
8.8% of residents in tract 55079000600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,533.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079000600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 64th, minority 80th, housing 96th.
Q5
Is tract 55079000600 considered part of Butchel Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079000600 fall within Butchel Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079000600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,682 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079000600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.71% of renter households, peaking at 18.2% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079000600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.80× 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 55079000600 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.0% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079000600 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079000600 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Milwaukee at 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.
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