Neighborhood · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Town Hall Terrace Eviction Risk: Lower , Milwaukee
Tract 55079120202 ·
Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,109 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 55079120202 covers part of the Town Hall Terrace area of Greenfield, WI, and scores 3.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,109. Against Milwaukee County at 45.8%, 32% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%Stable renters 26%Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,553
Renter share38.6%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$64,239
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0th percentile
#3 of 3 tracts In Town Hall Terrace
Very Low
Within parent city
63th percentile
#4 of 9 tracts In Milwaukee
Elevated
Within county
32th percentile
#205 of 301 tracts In Milwaukee County
Low
Within state
50th percentile
#761 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 42.9658, -87.9987 · click any tract to drill in
Why Town Hall Terrace scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Milwaukee
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$944 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Milwaukee
4.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Milwaukee
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Milwaukee
4.7
How Town Hall Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
30%Socioeconomic
83%Household composition
59%Racial/ethnic minority
36%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)
186Total filings over 13 yrs
2.16%Avg annual filing rate
3.1%Peak (2011)
10Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2003 to 2017
Filings dropped 52% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
48Total filings 2020-21
0.6Avg monthly (observed)
1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.60×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Town Hall Terrace. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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
13.2%Food insecurity
12.8%SNAP enrollment
7.1%Transit barriers
9.8%No health insurance
16.1%Frequent mental distress
28.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Town Hall Terrace
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.3/10.
At $944 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Greenfield commands. Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points.
The filing record is not thin: 186 evictions over 13 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2011, when 3.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.2% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 33% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.2/10.
Against average income of $64,239, annual rent is just 18%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079120202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079120202?
Census tract 55079120202 in the Town Hall Terrace 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 55079120202?
Median gross rent is $944/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079120202?
9.2% of residents in tract 55079120202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,109.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079120202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 83th, minority 59th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 55079120202 considered part of Town Hall Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079120202 fall within Town Hall Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079120202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 186 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079120202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.16% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079120202 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.60× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079120202 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 55079120202 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079120202 scores 3.6/10, lower 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.
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