Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Lakeshore Eviction Risk: Moderate , South Milwaukee
Tract 55079170700 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,993 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
55079170700 is a census tract in the Lakeshore area of South Milwaukee, WI. It scores 4.3/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 40%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,332
Renter share26.4%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate19.1%
Median income$68,824
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 42.8999, -87.8490 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakeshore scores 4.3
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
19.1% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,050 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 Lakeshore compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 28%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
- 50%Grade C
- 1%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)
- 273Total filings over 13 yrs
- 4.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.6%Peak (2013)
- 22Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 22% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 49Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.33×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.
- 12.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.6%Food insecurity
- 16.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 9.7%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lakeshore
Against Milwaukee County at 45.8%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.1/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.4/10.
The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.3/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 273 filings here across 13 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2013 at 7.6% 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 4.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 47% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Milwaukee County average of 4.5 closely. Average gross rent is $1,050, close to the South Milwaukee average.
Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $68,824.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079170700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079170700?
Census tract 55079170700 in the Lakeshore neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 55079170700?
Median gross rent is $1,050/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079170700?
19.1% of residents in tract 55079170700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,993.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079170700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 89th, minority 42th, housing 28th.
Q5
Is tract 55079170700 considered part of Lakeshore?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079170700 fall within Lakeshore (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079170700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 273 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079170700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.56% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079170700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.33× 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 55079170700 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.1% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079170700 compare to South Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079170700 scores 4.3/10, higher than 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 55079170700 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. 1% 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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Top eight tracts in South Milwaukee ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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