Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Fisher Parkway Eviction Risk: Lower , Wauwatosa
Tract 55079090700 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,165 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Tract 55079090700 sits in the Fisher Parkway area of Wauwatosa eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 3,165. Against Milwaukee County at 45.8%, roughly one in four of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,195
Renter share14.4%
SVI overall0.00
Poverty rate1.8%
Median income$135,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wauwatosa and the region
Centroid at 43.0592, -88.0255 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fisher Parkway scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wauwatosa
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
1.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$992 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wauwatosa
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wauwatosa
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wauwatosa
4.4
How Fisher Parkway compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 0
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 0%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 3%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 58%Grade A
- 9%Grade B
- 2%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)
- 27Total filings over 8 yrs
- 1.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.4%Peak (2003)
- 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 4Total filings 2020-21
- 0.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 3.33×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 Fisher Parkway. 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.
- 5.4%Housing insecurity
- 3.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.9%Food insecurity
- 5.5%SNAP enrollment
- 3.9%Transit barriers
- 4.3%No health insurance
- 13.0%Frequent mental distress
- 20.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fisher Parkway
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. Average gross rent is $992, 31% below the Wauwatosa average. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.
It sits 1.5 points below the Milwaukee County average of 4.5. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.1/10.
SNAP participation runs 5.5% against 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 27 evictions over 8 years of observation.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2003, when 4.4% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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 1.8% 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 55079090700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079090700?
Census tract 55079090700 in the Fisher Parkway 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 55079090700?
Median gross rent is $992/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079090700?
1.8% of residents in tract 55079090700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,165.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079090700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 0th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 11th, minority 3th, housing 1th.
Q5
Is tract 55079090700 considered part of Fisher Parkway?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079090700 fall within Fisher Parkway (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079090700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 27 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 55079090700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.80% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079090700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.33× 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 55079090700 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.4% 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. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079090700 compare to Wauwatosa overall?
Tract 55079090700 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Wauwatosa at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wauwatosa eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 55079090700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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.
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/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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