Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Lakeview Eviction Risk: Moderate , South Milwaukee
Tract 55079170500 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,244 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 55079170500 covers part of the Lakeview area of South Milwaukee, WI, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,244 residents. 32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units870
Renter share35.9%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate17.4%
Median income$63,571
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 42.8976, -87.8576 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakeview scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from South Milwaukee
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
17.4% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$967 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Milwaukee
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Milwaukee
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Milwaukee
5.7
How Lakeview compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 8%Grade C
- 51%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)
- 175Total filings over 13 yrs
- 2.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2004)
- 14Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 27% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 49Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.58×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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.
- 10.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.0%Food insecurity
- 14.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 34.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lakeview
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.1/10. Cost burden runs 55% here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.3/10.
Court records carry 175 eviction filings across 13 observed years. The worst year on record was 2004, when 5.9% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 2.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Milwaukee County average of 4.5 closely. Average gross rent is $967, close to the South 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 55079170500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079170500?
Census tract 55079170500 in the Lakeview neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (Moderate 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 55079170500?
Median gross rent is $967/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079170500?
17.4% of residents in tract 55079170500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,244.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079170500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 72th, minority 22th, housing 99th.
Q5
Is tract 55079170500 considered part of Lakeview?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079170500 fall within Lakeview (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079170500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 175 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079170500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.94% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079170500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.58× 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 55079170500 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.3% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079170500 compare to South Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079170500 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of South Milwaukee at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South Milwaukee eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 55079170500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 51% 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in South Milwaukee
Top eight tracts in South Milwaukee ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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