Tract 55079018900 ·
Milwaukee County, WI · pop 1,484 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 55079018900 covers part of the Parkview Highlands area of Milwaukee, WI, and scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%Stable renters 35%Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units491
Renter share50.5%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate19.2%
Median income$42,464
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100th percentile
#1 of 3 tracts In Parkview Highlands
Very High
Within parent city
46th percentile
#115 of 210 tracts In Milwaukee
Moderate
Within county
62th percentile
#114 of 301 tracts In Milwaukee County
Elevated
Within state
87th percentile
#195 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 42.9957, -87.9532 · click any tract to drill in
Why Parkview Highlands scores 5.2
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
19.2% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,156 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 Parkview Highlands compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
79%Socioeconomic
87%Household composition
86%Racial/ethnic minority
36%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
92%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)
83Total filings over 13 yrs
2.55%Avg annual filing rate
4.9%Peak (2011)
4Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2003 to 2017
Filings dropped 43% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
23Total filings 2020-21
0.3Avg monthly (observed)
0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
0.68×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Parkview Highlands. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
24.9%Housing insecurity
13.7%Utility-shutoff threat
33.9%Food insecurity
34.6%SNAP enrollment
16.0%Transit barriers
24.1%No health insurance
19.1%Frequent mental distress
36.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Parkview Highlands
SNAP participation runs 34.6% against 15.2% nationally. Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $42,464, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.1/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 24.1% against 11.3% nationally. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10.
The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Court records carry 83 eviction filings across 13 observed years. It sits 0.7 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5. At $1,156 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Milwaukee commands.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 4.9% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Milwaukee Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079018900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079018900?
Census tract 55079018900 in the Parkview Highlands neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 55079018900?
Median gross rent is $1,156/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079018900?
19.2% of residents in tract 55079018900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,484.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079018900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 87th, minority 86th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 55079018900 considered part of Parkview Highlands?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079018900 fall within Parkview Highlands (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079018900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 83 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079018900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.55% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079018900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.68× 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 55079018900 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.9% 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. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079018900 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079018900 scores 5.2/10, 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.
Q10
Was tract 55079018900 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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