Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Wildcat Creek Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Greenfield
Tract 55079120102 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,862 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 55079120102 in the Wildcat Creek Heights area of Greenfield, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,862. At $1,638 a month, rents run 40% over what the rest of Greenfield commands.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,672
Renter share36.4%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$88,904
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Greenfield and the region
Centroid at 42.9741, -88.0497 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wildcat Creek Heights scores 3
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
4.9% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,638 rent vs county FMR
8.0
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 Wildcat Creek Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%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
- 4%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)
- 80Total filings over 13 yrs
- 0.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.9%Peak (2010)
- 3Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 73% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 23Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.20×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Wildcat Creek Heights. 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.
- 5.7%Housing insecurity
- 3.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.8%Food insecurity
- 6.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 12.5%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wildcat Creek Heights
Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.2/10.
The voucher gap is 30.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. It sits 1.5 points below the Milwaukee County average of 4.5.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Food insecurity runs 6.8% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 6.3% against 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 80 evictions over 13 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2010 at 1.9% 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 0.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079120102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079120102?
Census tract 55079120102 in the Wildcat Creek Heights neighborhood 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 55079120102?
Median gross rent is $1,638/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079120102?
4.9% of residents in tract 55079120102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,862.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079120102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 70th, minority 22th, housing 86th.
Q5
Is tract 55079120102 considered part of Wildcat Creek Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079120102 fall within Wildcat Creek Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079120102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 80 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079120102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.95% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079120102 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.20× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079120102 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.7% 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. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079120102 compare to Greenfield overall?
Tract 55079120102 scores 3/10, 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 55079120102 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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