Within neighborhood
18
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Cesar E. Chavez Drive Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079015800 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,680 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
55079015800 is a census tract in the Cesar E. Chavez Drive area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,680 residents. Adults with no health insurance runs 31.4% against 11.3% nationally.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 51%
Owners 17%
Tract context
Occupied units971
Renter share82.9%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate23.7%
Median income$45,580
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
55
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0217, -87.9376 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cesar E. Chavez Drive scores 5.7
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
23.7% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$856 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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 Cesar E. Chavez Drive compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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
- 0%Grade C
- 87%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)
- 779Total filings over 13 yrs
- 8.72%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.1%Peak (2016)
- 64Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 16% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 261Total filings 2020-21
- 3.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.62×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 Cesar E. Chavez Drive. 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.
- 30.9%Housing insecurity
- 16.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 43.6%Food insecurity
- 43.7%SNAP enrollment
- 20.3%Transit barriers
- 31.4%No health insurance
- 20.1%Frequent mental distress
- 41.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cesar E. Chavez Drive
83% 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. 24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Housing insecurity runs 30.9% against 14.2% nationally. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.8/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.
The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 39% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%.
It sits 1.2 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5. Average gross rent is $856, 19% below the Milwaukee average. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
Court records carry 779 eviction filings across 13 observed years. The worst year on record was 2016, when 13.1% 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 8.7% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 74th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
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 55079015800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079015800?
Census tract 55079015800 in the Cesar E. Chavez Drive neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 55079015800?
Median gross rent is $856/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079015800?
23.7% of residents in tract 55079015800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,680.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079015800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 73th, minority 91th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 55079015800 considered part of Cesar E. Chavez Drive?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079015800 fall within Cesar E. Chavez Drive (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079015800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 779 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079015800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.72% of renter households, peaking at 13.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079015800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.62× 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 55079015800 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.9% 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. 16.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079015800 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079015800 scores 5.7/10, 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 55079015800 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. 87% 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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