Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
South Chicago Avenue Eviction Risk: Lower , Oak Creek
Tract 55079160202 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 7,907 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
55079160202 is a census tract in the South Chicago Avenue area of Oak Creek, WI. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 7,907. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units3,091
Renter share46.5%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$104,563
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Oak Creek and the region
Centroid at 42.8823, -87.8711 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Chicago Avenue scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Oak Creek
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,598 rent vs county FMR
7.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oak Creek
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oak Creek
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oak Creek
3.2
How South Chicago Avenue compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 63%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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
- 0%Grade C
- 3%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)
- 254Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.8%Peak (2013)
- 14Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 46% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 89Total filings 2020-21
- 1.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.75×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.3%Food insecurity
- 9.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 26.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Chicago Avenue
25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The voucher gap is 27.1%: 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 8.2/10. 37% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.5 points.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Court records carry 254 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Food insecurity runs 10.3% against 17.8% nationally.
Average gross rent is $1,598, 10% above the Oak Creek average. Filings peaked in 2013 at 2.8% of renter households. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 1.7% of renter households face a filing.
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 55079160202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079160202?
Census tract 55079160202 in the South Chicago Avenue 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 55079160202?
Median gross rent is $1,598/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079160202?
3.7% of residents in tract 55079160202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,907.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079160202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 63th, minority 39th, housing 76th.
Q5
Is tract 55079160202 considered part of South Chicago Avenue?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079160202 fall within South Chicago Avenue (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079160202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 254 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079160202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.69% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079160202 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.75× 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 55079160202 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079160202 compare to Oak Creek overall?
Tract 55079160202 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Oak Creek at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oak Creek eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 55079160202 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. 3% 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 Oak Creek
Top eight tracts in Oak Creek ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Related