Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
West End Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079012300 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 990 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 55079012300 sits in the West End area of Milwaukee eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. Population here is 990. The severe-burden share is 48%, 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 44%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units443
Renter share81.3%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate42.0%
Median income$26,914
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
95
th percentile
Very High
Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0436, -87.9620 · click any tract to drill in
Why West End scores 5.8
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
42.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$838 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 West End compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%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
- 23%Grade C
- 11%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)
- 582Total filings over 13 yrs
- 11.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.4%Peak (2017)
- 74Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 37% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 230Total filings 2020-21
- 3.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.95×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 West End. 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.
- 30.0%Housing insecurity
- 21.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 43.2%Food insecurity
- 51.6%SNAP enrollment
- 21.3%Transit barriers
- 15.4%No health insurance
- 21.3%Frequent mental distress
- 41.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West End
What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 51.6% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 42%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
This is renter territory: 81% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income of $26,914, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Housing insecurity runs 30.0% against 14.2% nationally. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.7/10.
54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5.
At $838 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Milwaukee commands. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 582 filings here across 13 tracked years.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079012300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079012300?
Census tract 55079012300 in the West End 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 55079012300?
Median gross rent is $838/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079012300?
42.0% of residents in tract 55079012300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 990.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079012300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 13th, minority 85th, housing 93th.
Q5
Is tract 55079012300 considered part of West End?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079012300 fall within West End (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079012300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 582 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079012300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.59% of renter households, peaking at 18.4% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079012300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.95× 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 55079012300 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.0% 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. 21.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079012300 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079012300 scores 5.8/10, higher than 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 55079012300 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. 11% 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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