Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Eckel Woods Eviction Risk: Lower , West Allis
Tract 55079101300 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,865 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 55079101300 in the Eckel Woods area of West Allis, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,865 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,246
Renter share24.8%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$77,865
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across West Allis and the region
Centroid at 42.9991, -88.0277 · click any tract to drill in
Why Eckel Woods scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from West Allis
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,003 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Allis
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Allis
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Allis
4.6
How Eckel Woods compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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
- 25%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)
- 211Total filings over 13 yrs
- 3.63%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.6%Peak (2014)
- 13Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 18% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 32Total filings 2020-21
- 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.28×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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.1%Food insecurity
- 9.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 25.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Eckel Woods
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.5 points.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. The filing record is not thin: 211 evictions over 13 years of observation.
Food insecurity runs 10.1% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2014 at 5.6% 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 3.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 25% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $77,865, annual rent is just 15%.
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 55079101300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079101300?
Census tract 55079101300 in the Eckel Woods 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 55079101300?
Median gross rent is $1,003/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079101300?
3.7% of residents in tract 55079101300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,865.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079101300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 26th, minority 29th, housing 23th.
Q5
Is tract 55079101300 considered part of Eckel Woods?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079101300 fall within Eckel Woods (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079101300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 211 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079101300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.63% of renter households, peaking at 5.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079101300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.28× 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 55079101300 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079101300 compare to West Allis overall?
Tract 55079101300 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of West Allis at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Allis eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 55079101300 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. 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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4.3
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4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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3.6
/ 10 · Low
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3.5
/ 10 · Low
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3.5
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