Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Park Ridge Eviction Risk: Lower , Wauwatosa
Tract 55079090200 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,290 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
55079090200 is a census tract in the Park Ridge area of Wauwatosa, WI. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,290 residents. The voucher gap is 34.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,121
Renter share20.2%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$92,440
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wauwatosa and the region
Centroid at 43.0824, -88.0522 · click any tract to drill in
Why Park Ridge 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
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,693 rent vs county FMR
8.5
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 Park Ridge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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.
- 0%Grade A
- 36%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)
- 6Total filings over 6 yrs
- 2.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.6%Peak (2003)
- 1Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 49Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 13.61×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 Park Ridge. 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.
- 6.2%Housing insecurity
- 3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.8%Food insecurity
- 6.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.5%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 13.3%Frequent mental distress
- 20.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Park Ridge
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, supply constraint reads 8.5/10.
It sits 1.5 points below the Milwaukee County average of 4.5. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. At $1,693 a month, rents run 18% over what the rest of Wauwatosa commands.
Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. SNAP participation runs 6.3% against 15.2% nationally.
Court records carry 6 eviction filings across 6 observed years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Filings peaked in 2003 at 2.6% 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 2.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 20% 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.
Social vulnerability reads 3.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079090200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079090200?
Census tract 55079090200 in the Park Ridge 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 55079090200?
Median gross rent is $1,693/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079090200?
4.8% of residents in tract 55079090200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,290.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079090200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 37th, minority 30th, housing 65th.
Q5
Is tract 55079090200 considered part of Park Ridge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079090200 fall within Park Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079090200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 6 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 55079090200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.31% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079090200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 13.61× 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 55079090200 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.2% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079090200 compare to Wauwatosa overall?
Tract 55079090200 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 55079090200 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.
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