Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Polonia Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079018700 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,033 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 55079018700 sits in the Polonia area of Milwaukee eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.4/10. Population here is 3,033. around a third of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,032
Renter share51.6%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate11.0%
Median income$49,327
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
28
th percentile
Low
Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
71
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 42.9956, -87.9299 · click any tract to drill in
Why Polonia scores 4.4
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
11.0% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$886 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Polonia compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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
- 100%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)
- 596Total filings over 13 yrs
- 6.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.5%Peak (2011)
- 60Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 30% over the past 13 months.
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. 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.
- 23.9%Housing insecurity
- 10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.9%Food insecurity
- 26.7%SNAP enrollment
- 14.3%Transit barriers
- 28.5%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 34.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Polonia
Adults with no health insurance runs 28.5% against 11.3% nationally. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.1/10.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 2/10. SNAP participation runs 26.7% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
At $886 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Milwaukee commands. The filing record is not thin: 596 evictions over 13 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 7.5% 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. In a typical year about 6.3% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 49th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079018700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079018700?
Census tract 55079018700 in the Polonia neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 55079018700?
Median gross rent is $886/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079018700?
11.0% of residents in tract 55079018700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,033.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079018700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 78th, minority 89th, housing 44th.
Q5
Is tract 55079018700 considered part of Polonia?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079018700 fall within Polonia (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079018700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 596 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079018700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.31% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079018700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.89× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079018700 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.9% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079018700 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079018700 scores 4.4/10, 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 55079018700 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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