Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Greenfield Glen Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55079021500 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,867 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
55079021500 is a census tract in the Greenfield Glen area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 3.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,867. Cost burden runs 10% here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,214
Renter share30.8%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$76,146
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Greenfield and the region
Centroid at 42.9521, -87.9440 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greenfield Glen scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Greenfield
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,109 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Greenfield
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Greenfield
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Greenfield
5.5
How Greenfield Glen compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 18%Housing & transportation
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)
- 41Total filings over 13 yrs
- 3.04%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2004)
- 3Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 40% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 22Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.41×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Greenfield Glen. 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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.0%Food insecurity
- 10.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 14.0%Frequent mental distress
- 26.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Greenfield Glen
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 41 filings here across 13 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2004, when 5.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #56,048 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5/10. Against average income of $76,146, annual rent is just 17%.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,109, close to the Milwaukee average.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079021500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079021500?
Census tract 55079021500 in the Greenfield Glen neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 55079021500?
Median gross rent is $1,109/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 10% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079021500?
10.0% of residents in tract 55079021500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,867.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079021500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 70th, minority 68th, housing 18th.
Q5
Is tract 55079021500 considered part of Greenfield Glen?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079021500 fall within Greenfield Glen (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079021500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 41 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079021500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.04% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079021500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.41× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079021500 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079021500 compare to Greenfield overall?
Tract 55079021500 scores 3.6/10, 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.
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