Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Cesar E. Chavez Drive Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079016800 ·
Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,922 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
55079016800 is a census tract in the Cesar E. Chavez Drive area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,922 residents. Adults with no health insurance runs 39.2% against 11.3% nationally.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%Stable renters 36%Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units988
Renter share67.4%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate27.8%
Median income$37,066
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
65th percentile
#7 of 18 tracts In Cesar E. Chavez Drive
Elevated
Within parent city
91th percentile
#19 of 210 tracts In Milwaukee
Very High
Within county
80th percentile
#62 of 301 tracts In Milwaukee County
High
Within state
98th percentile
#29 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0104, -87.9294 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cesar E. Chavez Drive scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
27.8% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$839 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
94%Socioeconomic
96%Household composition
91%Racial/ethnic minority
67%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
100%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)
724Total filings over 13 yrs
8.60%Avg annual filing rate
9.8%Peak (2013)
63Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2003 to 2017
Filings climbed 24% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
235Total filings 2020-21
3.1Avg monthly (observed)
4.5Pre-pandemic baseline
0.68×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
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.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
38.3%Housing insecurity
22.6%Utility-shutoff threat
55.1%Food insecurity
57.6%SNAP enrollment
26.4%Transit barriers
39.2%No health insurance
21.7%Frequent mental distress
47.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cesar E. Chavez Drive
Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.7/10. This is renter territory: 67% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. The poverty rate is 28%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 22.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
At $839 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Milwaukee commands. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 724 filings here across 13 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2013, when 9.8% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Milwaukee Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
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 55079016800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079016800?
Census tract 55079016800 in the Cesar E. Chavez Drive 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 55079016800?
Median gross rent is $839/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079016800?
27.8% of residents in tract 55079016800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,922.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079016800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 96th, minority 91th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 55079016800 considered part of Cesar E. Chavez Drive?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079016800 fall within Cesar E. Chavez Drive (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079016800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 724 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079016800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.60% of renter households, peaking at 9.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079016800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.68× 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 55079016800 struggle to pay rent?
About 38.3% 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. 22.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079016800 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079016800 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 55079016800 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. 100% 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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