Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
West End Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079016000 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,067 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 55079016000 covers part of the West End area of Milwaukee, WI, and scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,067. 32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units976
Renter share61.0%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate26.1%
Median income$39,587
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0214, -87.9573 · 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
26.1% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$960 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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
- 52%Grade C
- 48%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)
- 546Total filings over 13 yrs
- 7.30%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.8%Peak (2015)
- 42Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 199Total filings 2020-21
- 2.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.75×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.
- 28.7%Housing insecurity
- 16.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 40.4%Food insecurity
- 41.2%SNAP enrollment
- 19.0%Transit barriers
- 27.4%No health insurance
- 20.0%Frequent mental distress
- 39.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West End
Against Milwaukee County at 45.8%, 60% of renters here are cost-burdened. Adults with no health insurance runs 27.4% against 11.3% nationally.
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.1/10. Housing insecurity runs 28.7% against 14.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 546 evictions over 13 years of observation. Average gross rent is $960, 9% below the Milwaukee average.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 9.8% of renter households. 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 7.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #20,506 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079016000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079016000?
Census tract 55079016000 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 55079016000?
Median gross rent is $960/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079016000?
26.1% of residents in tract 55079016000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,067.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079016000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 95th, minority 88th, housing 47th.
Q5
Is tract 55079016000 considered part of West End?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079016000 fall within West End (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079016000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 546 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079016000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.30% of renter households, peaking at 9.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079016000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.75× 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 55079016000 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.7% 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. 16.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079016000 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079016000 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 55079016000 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. 48% 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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