Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Oak Creek Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55079160301 ·
Milwaukee County, WI · pop 5,098 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Oak Creek
With a score of 3/10, tract 55079160301 in Oak Creek, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Against Milwaukee County at 45.8%, 26% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%Stable renters 2%Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units1,783
Renter share2.1%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate3.8%
Median income$124,438
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
71th percentile
#3 of 8 tracts In Oak Creek
Elevated
Within county
3th percentile
#291 of 301 tracts In Milwaukee County
Very Low
Within state
29th percentile
#1,083 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Low
National
20th percentile
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Oak Creek and the region
Centroid at 42.8535, -87.8748 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oak Creek scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
3.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,164 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 Oak Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
13%Socioeconomic
11%Household composition
28%Racial/ethnic minority
14%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
34Total filings 2020-21
0.4Avg monthly (observed)
0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.00×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.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
8.4%Housing insecurity
4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
10.0%Food insecurity
9.7%SNAP enrollment
5.8%Transit barriers
6.7%No health insurance
15.5%Frequent mental distress
25.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oak Creek
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.2/10. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.5 points.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. At $1,164 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Oak Creek commands. Food insecurity runs 10.0% against 17.8% nationally.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 2% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.7/10. Rent consumes only 11% of average household income of $124,438, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079160301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079160301?
Census tract 55079160301 in Oak Creek 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 55079160301?
Median gross rent is $1,164/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079160301?
3.8% of residents in tract 55079160301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,098.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079160301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 11th, minority 28th, housing 14th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 55079160301 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.4% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 55079160301 compare to Oak Creek overall?
Tract 55079160301 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Oak Creek
Top eight tracts in Oak Creek ranked by composite eviction-risk score.