Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Cudahy Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55079180100 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,865 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Cudahy
Census tract 55079180100 covers part of Cudahy, WI, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,865. Cost burden runs about one in five here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,433
Renter share29.2%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate1.8%
Median income$71,431
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cudahy and the region
Centroid at 42.9458, -87.8470 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cudahy scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cudahy
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
1.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$940 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cudahy
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cudahy
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cudahy
5.2
How Cudahy compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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.
- 3%Grade A
- 10%Grade B
- 20%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)
- 81Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.3%Peak (2007)
- 8Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 24Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.80×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
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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.6%Food insecurity
- 9.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 25.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cudahy
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.
It sits 1.5 points below the Milwaukee County average of 4.5. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10.
The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The filing record is not thin: 81 evictions over 13 years of observation.
Food insecurity runs 9.6% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2007 at 2.3% of renter households. At $940 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Cudahy commands.
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 1.4% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 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 55079180100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079180100?
Census tract 55079180100 in Cudahy scores 3/10 (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 55079180100?
Median gross rent is $940/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079180100?
1.8% of residents in tract 55079180100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,865.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079180100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 38th, minority 27th, housing 25th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079180100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 81 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079180100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.42% of renter households, peaking at 2.3% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 55079180100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.80× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55079180100 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55079180100 compare to Cudahy overall?
Tract 55079180100 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Cudahy at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cudahy eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 55079180100 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Cudahy
Top eight tracts in Cudahy ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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