Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Valley View Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Greenfield
Tract 55079120101 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 4,084 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 55079120101 covers part of the Valley View Heights area of Greenfield, WI, and scores 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,084 residents. The severe-burden share is 41%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,911
Renter share49.1%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$68,575
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Greenfield and the region
Centroid at 42.9603, -88.0486 · click any tract to drill in
Why Valley View Heights scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Greenfield
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,402 rent vs county FMR
6.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Greenfield
4.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Greenfield
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Greenfield
4.7
How Valley View Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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
- 6%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)
- 150Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.3%Peak (2003)
- 9Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 44% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 48Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.60×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.8%Food insecurity
- 10.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 29.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Valley View Heights
58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.
Average gross rent is $1,402, 20% above the Greenfield average. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.3/10.
Court records carry 150 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Food insecurity runs 10.8% against 17.8% nationally.
Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. Filings peaked in 2003 at 2.3% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 1.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 6.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079120101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079120101?
Census tract 55079120101 in the Valley View Heights neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (Lower 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 55079120101?
Median gross rent is $1,402/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079120101?
12.0% of residents in tract 55079120101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,084.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079120101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 46th, minority 30th, housing 80th.
Q5
Is tract 55079120101 considered part of Valley View Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079120101 fall within Valley View Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079120101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 150 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079120101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.52% of renter households, peaking at 2.3% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079120101 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.60× 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 55079120101 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079120101 compare to Greenfield overall?
Tract 55079120101 scores 3.8/10, lower 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.
Q10
Was tract 55079120101 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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