Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Estabrook Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Shorewood
Tract 55079070300 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 5,231 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
55079070300 is a census tract in the Estabrook Park area of Whitefish Bay, WI. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,231. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.2/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,985
Renter share33.1%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$97,629
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Shorewood and the region
Centroid at 43.1063, -87.9038 · click any tract to drill in
Why Estabrook Park scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Shorewood
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
$1,382 rent vs county FMR
6.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Shorewood
3.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Shorewood
4.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Shorewood
3.2
How Estabrook Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 18%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 2%Grade A
- 86%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 37Total filings over 12 yrs
- 0.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.3%Peak (2011)
- 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 20% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 63Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 5.25×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Estabrook Park. 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.
- 6.1%Housing insecurity
- 3.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.6%Food insecurity
- 6.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.4%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 13.0%Frequent mental distress
- 19.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Estabrook Park
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. It sits 1.5 points below the Milwaukee County average of 4.5. 12% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.3/10. SNAP participation runs 6.2% against 15.2% nationally.
41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%. The filing record is not thin: 37 evictions over 12 years of observation.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2011 at 1.3% of renter households.
This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 0.5% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079070300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079070300?
Census tract 55079070300 in the Estabrook Park 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 55079070300?
Median gross rent is $1,382/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079070300?
4.9% of residents in tract 55079070300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,231.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079070300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 50th, minority 39th, housing 18th.
Q5
Is tract 55079070300 considered part of Estabrook Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079070300 fall within Estabrook Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079070300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 37 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 55079070300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.54% of renter households, peaking at 1.3% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079070300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 5.25× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079070300 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.1% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079070300 compare to Shorewood overall?
Tract 55079070300 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Shorewood at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Shorewood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 55079070300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Shorewood
Top eight tracts in Shorewood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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