Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Layton Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Greenfield
Tract 55079120203 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,901 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 55079120203 sits in the Layton Heights area of Greenfield eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. It is home to 3,901 residents. 24% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 50%
Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units1,888
Renter share65.5%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate10.8%
Median income$66,689
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Greenfield and the region
Centroid at 42.9569, -88.0078 · click any tract to drill in
Why Layton Heights scores 3.7
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
10.8% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,112 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Layton Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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
- 0%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)
- 153Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.9%Peak (2003)
- 13Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 79Total filings 2020-21
- 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.32×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.7%Food insecurity
- 12.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 28.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Layton Heights
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10. This is renter territory: 65% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.
The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 153 evictions over 13 years of observation.
It sits 0.8 points below the Milwaukee County average of 4.5. Filings peaked in 2003 at 2.9% 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 1.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079120203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079120203?
Census tract 55079120203 in the Layton Heights neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 55079120203?
Median gross rent is $1,112/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079120203?
10.8% of residents in tract 55079120203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,901.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079120203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 47th, minority 54th, housing 40th.
Q5
Is tract 55079120203 considered part of Layton Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079120203 fall within Layton Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079120203?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 153 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079120203 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.34% of renter households, peaking at 2.9% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079120203 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.32× 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 55079120203 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079120203 compare to Greenfield overall?
Tract 55079120203 scores 3.7/10, 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.
Q10
Was tract 55079120203 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.
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