Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Greenfield Glen Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55079120502 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 5,726 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 55079120502 sits in the Greenfield eviction risk Glen area of Greenfield eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.1/10. Population here is 5,726. Against Milwaukee County at 45.8%, about a quarter of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units2,704
Renter share39.2%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$75,532
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Greenfield and the region
Centroid at 42.9530, -87.9651 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greenfield Glen scores 3.1
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
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,122 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Greenfield Glen compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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)
- 81Total filings over 13 yrs
- 0.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.9%Peak (2008)
- 4Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 56% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 16Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.70×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 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.
- 7.2%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.3%Food insecurity
- 8.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 13.2%Frequent mental distress
- 28.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Greenfield Glen
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.8/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points. Food insecurity runs 9.3% against 17.8% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 81 filings here across 13 tracked years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2008 at 1.9% of renter households.
In a typical year about 0.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 22nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4/10.
Rent consumes only 18% of average household income of $75,532, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,122, close to the Greenfield average. 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 55079120502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079120502?
Census tract 55079120502 in the Greenfield Glen neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 55079120502?
Median gross rent is $1,122/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079120502?
7.3% of residents in tract 55079120502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,726.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079120502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 43th, minority 44th, housing 56th.
Q5
Is tract 55079120502 considered part of Greenfield Glen?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079120502 fall within Greenfield Glen (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079120502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 81 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079120502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.60% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079120502 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.70× 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 55079120502 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.2% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079120502 compare to Greenfield overall?
Tract 55079120502 scores 3.1/10, 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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