Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally

Cesar E. Chavez Drive Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee

Tract 55079016300 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 4,407 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 55079016300 covers part of the Cesar E. Chavez Drive area of Milwaukee, WI, and scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,407 residents. Housing insecurity runs 34.6% against 14.2% nationally.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 44% Owners 26%

Tract context

Occupied units1,459

Renter share74.6%

SVI overall0.96

Poverty rate33.5%

Median income$37,284

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region

Centroid at 43.0157, -87.9376 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cesar E. Chavez Drive scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Milwaukee

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.0

State political climate

Wisconsin legislature & governorship

2.9

Economic stress

33.5% poverty · this tract

8.4

Supply constraint

$855 rent vs county FMR

1.8

Rent control risk

Inherited from Milwaukee

2.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Milwaukee

6.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Milwaukee

5.5

How Cesar E. Chavez Drive compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

97%Socioeconomic
86%Household composition
92%Racial/ethnic minority
82%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
100%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)

1,169Total filings over 13 yrs
10.00%Avg annual filing rate
14.3%Peak (2017)
116Filings in 2017 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2003 to 2017

Filings climbed 123% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

323Total filings 2020-21
4.2Avg monthly (observed)
8.2Pre-pandemic baseline
0.51×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Cesar E. Chavez Drive. 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.

34.6%Housing insecurity
20.3%Utility-shutoff threat
49.2%Food insecurity
51.3%SNAP enrollment
23.4%Transit barriers
33.8%No health insurance
21.2%Frequent mental distress
44.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cesar E. Chavez Drive

The poverty rate is 34%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 8.4/10. 75% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Disability prevalence runs 44.1% against 31.5% nationally.

It sits 1.3 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5. At $855 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Milwaukee commands. Against Milwaukee County at 45.8%, 41% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,169 filings here across 13 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2017 at 14.3% of renter households.

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 55079016300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079016300?

Census tract 55079016300 in the Cesar E. Chavez Drive neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 55079016300?

Median gross rent is $855/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 55079016300?

33.5% of residents in tract 55079016300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,407.

How socially vulnerable is tract 55079016300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 86th, minority 92th, housing 82th.

Is tract 55079016300 considered part of Cesar E. Chavez Drive?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079016300 fall within Cesar E. Chavez Drive (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079016300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,169 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079016300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.00% of renter households, peaking at 14.3% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 55079016300 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.51× 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.

What share of households in tract 55079016300 struggle to pay rent?

About 34.6% 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. 20.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 55079016300 compare to Milwaukee overall?

Tract 55079016300 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Milwaukee at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Milwaukee eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Q10

Was tract 55079016300 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. 100% 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 Milwaukee

Top eight tracts in Milwaukee ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org