Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Heritage Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079000302 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,789 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 5.8/10, tract 55079000302 in the Heritage Heights area of Milwaukee, WI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,789. Severe burden reaches 34%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units967
Renter share65.1%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate37.4%
Median income$50,718
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.1392, -88.0465 · click any tract to drill in
Why Heritage Heights scores 5.8
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
37.4% poverty · this tract
9.3
Supply constraint
$1,093 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 Heritage Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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)
- 1,665Total filings over 13 yrs
- 20.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 29.6%Peak (2017)
- 187Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 179% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 519Total filings 2020-21
- 6.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 12.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.55×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.
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.
- 29.2%Housing insecurity
- 20.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 38.2%Food insecurity
- 46.1%SNAP enrollment
- 19.2%Transit barriers
- 12.2%No health insurance
- 21.5%Frequent mental distress
- 36.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Heritage Heights
The dominant input is economic stress at 9.3/10. The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Housing insecurity runs 29.2% against 14.2% nationally. This is renter territory: 65% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 20.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Court records carry 1,665 eviction filings across 13 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2017, when 29.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 20.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #20,506 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.7/10.
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 55079000302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079000302?
Census tract 55079000302 in the Heritage Heights 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 55079000302?
Median gross rent is $1,093/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079000302?
37.4% of residents in tract 55079000302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,789.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079000302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 75th, minority 93th, housing 82th.
Q5
Is tract 55079000302 considered part of Heritage Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079000302 fall within Heritage Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079000302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,665 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079000302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.45% of renter households, peaking at 29.6% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079000302 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.55× 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 55079000302 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.2% 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. 20.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079000302 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079000302 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.
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