Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Granville Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079000102 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,437 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 55079000102 covers part of the Granville area of Milwaukee, WI, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,437. Against Milwaukee County at 45.8%, 64% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,690
Renter share52.4%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$51,591
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
23
th percentile
Low
Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.1646, -88.0117 · click any tract to drill in
Why Granville 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
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,097 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Granville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%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)
- 1,707Total filings over 13 yrs
- 12.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 20.6%Peak (2017)
- 167Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 157% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 667Total filings 2020-21
- 8.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 10.8Pre-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 Granville. 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.
- 16.0%Housing insecurity
- 9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.7%Food insecurity
- 23.0%SNAP enrollment
- 10.4%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 32.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Granville
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.1/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10.
Court records carry 1,707 eviction filings across 13 observed years. SNAP participation runs 23.0% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2017 at 20.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 12.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Milwaukee County average of 4.5 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,097, close to the Milwaukee average. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $51,591.
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 55079000102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079000102?
Census tract 55079000102 in the Granville 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 55079000102?
Median gross rent is $1,097/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079000102?
10.3% of residents in tract 55079000102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,437.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079000102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 93th, minority 86th, housing 85th.
Q5
Is tract 55079000102 considered part of Granville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079000102 fall within Granville (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079000102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,707 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079000102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.60% of renter households, peaking at 20.6% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079000102 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 55079000102 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.0% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079000102 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079000102 scores 4.2/10, right in line with 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.
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