Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Lynndale Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee

Tract 55079021300 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 1,739 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Tract 55079021300 sits in the Lynndale area of Milwaukee eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.6/10. Population here is 1,739. The severe-burden share is 53%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

4.6

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 45% Stable renters 19% Owners 36%

Tract context

Occupied units972

Renter share64.5%

SVI overall0.68

Poverty rate10.5%

Median income$37,625

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region

Centroid at 42.9709, -87.9385 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lynndale scores 4.6

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

10.5% poverty · this tract

2.6

Supply constraint

$1,496 rent vs county FMR

6.9

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 Lynndale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 68

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

55%Socioeconomic
81%Household composition
54%Racial/ethnic minority
66%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
1%Grade B
0%Grade C
0%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)

102Total filings over 13 yrs
2.00%Avg annual filing rate
3.2%Peak (2007)
4Filings in 2017 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2003 to 2017

Filings dropped 50% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

28Total filings 2020-21
0.4Avg monthly (observed)
0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
0.97×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01

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 Lynndale. 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.

13.8%Housing insecurity
7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
19.4%Food insecurity
19.0%SNAP enrollment
9.4%Transit barriers
14.9%No health insurance
15.7%Frequent mental distress
36.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lynndale

70% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%. Set annual rent against average income of $37,625 and the ratio lands at 48%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. At $1,496 a month, rents run 41% over what the rest of Milwaukee commands.

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.1/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

The voucher gap is 19.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. Court records carry 102 eviction filings across 13 observed years.

The worst year on record was 2007, when 3.2% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). 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 2.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 55079021300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079021300?

Census tract 55079021300 in the Lynndale neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 55079021300?

Median gross rent is $1,496/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 55079021300?

10.5% of residents in tract 55079021300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,739.

How socially vulnerable is tract 55079021300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 81th, minority 54th, housing 66th.

Is tract 55079021300 considered part of Lynndale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079021300 fall within Lynndale (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079021300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 102 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079021300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.00% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 55079021300 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.97× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.

What share of households in tract 55079021300 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.8% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 55079021300 compare to Milwaukee overall?

Tract 55079021300 scores 4.6/10, 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.

Q10

Was tract 55079021300 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Milwaukee

Top eight tracts in Milwaukee ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org