Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Menomonee River Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079001400 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,855 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
55079001400 is a census tract in the Menomonee River Hills area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,855 residents. Severe burden reaches 35%. 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 40%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units970
Renter share75.7%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate29.5%
Median income$42,553
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
72
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 43.1309, -88.0166 · click any tract to drill in
Why Menomonee River Hills 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
29.5% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$996 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 Menomonee River Hills 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.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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)
- 1,711Total filings over 13 yrs
- 22.44%Avg annual filing rate
- 30.0%Peak (2004)
- 129Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 866Total filings 2020-21
- 11.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 10.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.13×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. 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.
- 29.9%Housing insecurity
- 19.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 42.2%Food insecurity
- 48.7%SNAP enrollment
- 20.5%Transit barriers
- 14.7%No health insurance
- 22.2%Frequent mental distress
- 39.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Menomonee River Hills
Food insecurity runs 42.2% against 17.8% nationally. 76% 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.
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.1/10. Housing insecurity runs 29.9% against 14.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 1.3 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5.
Cost burden runs roughly one in two here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,711 filings here across 13 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2004, when 30.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 22.4% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #20,506 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 55079001400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079001400?
Census tract 55079001400 in the Menomonee River Hills 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 55079001400?
Median gross rent is $996/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079001400?
29.5% of residents in tract 55079001400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,855.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079001400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 92th, minority 90th, housing 62th.
Q5
Is tract 55079001400 considered part of Menomonee River Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079001400 fall within Menomonee River Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079001400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,711 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079001400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 22.44% of renter households, peaking at 30.0% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079001400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.13× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079001400 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.9% 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. 19.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079001400 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079001400 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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