Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Park Ridge Eviction Risk: Lower , Wauwatosa
Tract 55079090100 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,897 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
How risky is Park Ridge in Wauwatosa for landlords? Census tract 55079090100 scores $1/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #22,393 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
61% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,358 a month while the average household earns $74,426 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 29% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,725
Renter share29.2%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$74,426
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wauwatosa and the region
Centroid at 43.0973, -88.0483 · click any tract to drill in
Why Park Ridge scores 2.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wauwatosa
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
7.8% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,358 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wauwatosa
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wauwatosa
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wauwatosa
4.4
How Park Ridge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 11%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)
- 66Total filings over 13 yrs
- 0.74%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.4%Peak (2004)
- 5Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 38% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 23Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.37×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Park Ridge. 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.
- 8.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.1%Food insecurity
- 10.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 14.3%Frequent mental distress
- 27.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Park Ridge
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Wauwatosa eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Milwaukee County average of 6.0 and above the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079090100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079090100?
Census tract 55079090100 in the Park Ridge neighborhood scores 2.7/10 (Lower 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 55079090100?
Median gross rent is $1,358/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079090100?
7.8% of residents in tract 55079090100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,897.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079090100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 81th, minority 55th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 55079090100 considered part of Park Ridge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079090100 fall within Park Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079090100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 66 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079090100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.74% of renter households, peaking at 1.4% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079090100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.37× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079090100 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.4% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079090100 compare to Wauwatosa overall?
Tract 55079090100 scores 2.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Wauwatosa at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wauwatosa eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 55079090100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.
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/ 10 · Low
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2.4
/ 10 · Low
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2.3
/ 10 · Low
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2
/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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1.9
/ 10 · Very Low
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