Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Southgate Manor Eviction Risk: Moderate , Greenfield
Tract 55079021400 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,918 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
55079021400 is a census tract in the Southgate Manor area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,918. The severe-burden share is 38%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 16%
Tract context
Occupied units1,643
Renter share83.3%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate41.2%
Median income$29,431
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
96
th percentile
Very High
Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Greenfield and the region
Centroid at 42.9630, -87.9389 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southgate Manor scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Greenfield
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
41.2% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,072 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Greenfield
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Greenfield
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Greenfield
5.5
How Southgate Manor compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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)
- 723Total filings over 13 yrs
- 5.41%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.4%Peak (2008)
- 28Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 51% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 262Total filings 2020-21
- 3.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.96×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Southgate Manor. 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.
- 21.5%Housing insecurity
- 13.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.4%Food insecurity
- 36.1%SNAP enrollment
- 15.5%Transit barriers
- 17.6%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 38.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Southgate Manor
What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 41%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Set annual rent against average income of $29,431 and the ratio lands at 44%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
This is renter territory: 83% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%.
Food insecurity runs 32.4% against 17.8% nationally. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5.
Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 723 evictions over 13 years of observation. Housing insecurity runs 21.5% against 14.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2008, when 8.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.4% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 76th 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 55079021400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079021400?
Census tract 55079021400 in the Southgate Manor 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 55079021400?
Median gross rent is $1,072/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079021400?
41.2% of residents in tract 55079021400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,918.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079021400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 45th, minority 77th, housing 83th.
Q5
Is tract 55079021400 considered part of Southgate Manor?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079021400 fall within Southgate Manor (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079021400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 723 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079021400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.41% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079021400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.96× 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 55079021400 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.5% 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. 13.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079021400 compare to Greenfield overall?
Tract 55079021400 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Greenfield at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Greenfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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