6 census tracts · pop 15,841 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.5/10
· range 3–4.7
Town of Lake is a 6-tract suburb of Milwaukee, WI, population 15,841. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.5/10, Lower tier. 45% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, clearly above the Milwaukee rate of 30.5%.
Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 2.1/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3 to 4.7, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.
The severe-burden share is 16%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 2.4/10.
Court records carry 1,005 eviction filings across its 6 observed tracts. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.8/10. Filing activity peaked in 2017 at 12.1% of renter households.
At $978 a month, rents sit 8% under what the rest of Milwaukee commands. That places it #48 of 53 neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Judgments average 2.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
For a like-for-like read, Highland Park and Valley Forge score within a fraction of it. Rent takes 17% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.7 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
6 tracts · population-weighted
Town of Lake vs MilwaukeeHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority37%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport37%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Town of Lake
Aggregated across 6 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,005Total filings (sum)
3.01%Avg annual filing rate
12.1%Peak year (2017)
2.35%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
337Total filings 2020-21
1.0Avg monthly observed
1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
0.78×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 Town of Lake
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
10.4%Housing insecurity
5.7%Utility shutoff threat
12.8%Food insecurity
12.9%SNAP enrollment
9.1%No health insurance
27.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Town of Lake
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Town of Lake?
Town of Lake scores 3.5/10 (Lower tier) across 6 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 Town of Lake compare to Milwaukee overall?
Town of Lake scores 0.9 points lower than Milwaukee overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $978 vs $1,059.
Q3
What is the average rent in Town of Lake?
Average gross rent in Town of Lake is $978/month (pop-weighted across 6 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Town of Lake residents are renters?
32% of Town of Lake households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Milwaukee). The neighborhood has 15,841 residents.
Q5
Is Town of Lake a high social-vulnerability area?
Town of Lake sits in the 31st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Town of Lake have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Town of Lake is census tract 55079021200 (score 4.7/10). Across the 6 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 4.7, a spread of 1.7 points.
Q7
How safe is Town of Lake for landlords?
Town of Lake carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.5/10). Pop-weighted across 6 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 lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Town of Lake?
Town of Lake has 15,836 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (74.6%), Hispanic / Latino (16.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (4.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
