1 census tracts · pop 3,033 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.4/10
· range 4.4–4.4
Polonia is a one-tract quarter of Milwaukee, WI, population 3,033. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.4/10, in the Moderate tier. 28.5% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
The main counterweight is supply constraint, at 2/10. Food insecurity affects 31.9% of adults, 14.1 points above the national rate. Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 2.5/10.
Rent consumes at least 30% of income for roughly one in three of renter households. At $886 a month, rents sit 16% under what the rest of Milwaukee commands. The filing record is not thin: 596 evictions logged in this tract.
On the softer side is economic stress, at 2.8/10. The worst year on record was 2011, when filings touched 7.5% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 8.6% in 2017 against a 7.5% peak. That places it #32 of 53 neighborhoods in Milwaukee.
For a like-for-like read, Graceland and Dineen Park score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 7.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 4.4/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Polonia vs MilwaukeeHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority89%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport44%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Polonia
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
596Total filings (sum)
6.31%Avg annual filing rate
7.5%Peak year (2011)
8.58%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
256Total filings 2020-21
3.3Avg monthly observed
3.8Pre-pandemic baseline
0.89×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee, WI).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Polonia
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
23.9%Housing insecurity
10.6%Utility shutoff threat
31.9%Food insecurity
26.7%SNAP enrollment
28.5%No health insurance
34.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Polonia
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Polonia?
Polonia scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Polonia compare to Milwaukee overall?
Polonia scores 0.0 points higher than Milwaukee overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 32% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $886 vs $1,059.
Q3
What is the average rent in Polonia?
Average gross rent in Polonia is $886/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Polonia residents are renters?
52% of Polonia households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Milwaukee). The neighborhood has 3,033 residents.
Q5
Is Polonia a high social-vulnerability area?
Polonia sits in the 75th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Polonia for landlords?
Polonia carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.4/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Milwaukee as a whole (4.4/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Polonia?
Polonia has 2,972 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (80%), White (non-Hispanic) (10.5%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
