Capitol Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate
1 census tracts · pop 3,269 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.8/10 · range 5.8–5.8
Capitol Heights is a one-tract quarter of Milwaukee, WI and houses 3,269 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.8/10, in the Moderate tier. 49% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, markedly above the Milwaukee rate of 30.5%.
Severe burden reaches 24%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 27.0% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 25%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
18.1% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 2.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 500 evictions logged in this tract.
Filing activity peaked in 2013 at 14.3% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 9.5% in 2017 against a 14.3% peak. Among the 53 mapped neighborhoods of Milwaukee, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third.
For a like-for-like read, Silverswan and West End score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.6/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Average gross rent runs $1,088, close to the Milwaukee average. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $49,867.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 5.8/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk
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Risk heat across Capitol Heights and the region
Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 5.8–5.8
Why Capitol Heights scores 5.8
9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendlyCapitol Heights vs. parent city, state, U.S.
Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).
1 tracts in Capitol Heights
Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.
| Tract↕ | Score↕ | Pop↕ | % over 30% on rent↕ | Average rent↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55079003500 | 5.8 | 3,269 | 49% | $1,088 |
CDC SVI percentile: 84
Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.
Court-record eviction history in Capitol Heights
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 500Total filings (sum)
- 9.86%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.3%Peak year (2013)
- 9.47%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 247Total filings 2020-21
- 3.2Avg monthly observed
- 3.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.88×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee, WI).
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Capitol Heights
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
- 27.0%Housing insecurity
- 18.1%Utility shutoff threat
- 37.2%Food insecurity
- 44.0%SNAP enrollment
- 12.6%No health insurance
- 39.2%Any disability
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