Neighborhood · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally

Greenfield Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , West Allis

Tract 55079100900 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,874 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 55079100900 belongs to the Greenfield Park area of West Allis, Wisconsin. It is home to 3,874 residents and scores 5.5/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 26% of renter households, a moderate level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,083 a month while the average household earns $59,604 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

4.2

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 41% Owners 45%

Tract context

Occupied units1,967

Renter share55.5%

SVI overall0.61

Poverty rate19.3%

Median income$59,604

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across West Allis and the region

Centroid at 43.0092, -88.0518 · click any tract to drill in

Why Greenfield Park scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

19.3% poverty · this tract

4.8

Supply constraint

$1,083 rent vs county FMR

3.6

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 Greenfield Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 61

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

34%Socioeconomic
66%Household composition
50%Racial/ethnic minority
86%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
9%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)

289Total filings over 13 yrs
1.96%Avg annual filing rate
3.3%Peak (2017)
40Filings in 2017 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2003 to 2017

Filings climbed 122% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

209Total filings 2020-21
2.7Avg monthly (observed)
1.6Pre-pandemic baseline
1.69×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01

Pandemic filings ran above baseline. 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.

11.1%Housing insecurity
6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
14.2%Food insecurity
14.6%SNAP enrollment
7.8%Transit barriers
8.7%No health insurance
16.5%Frequent mental distress
28.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Greenfield Park

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from West Allis eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Milwaukee County average of 6.0 and above the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.69x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 55079100900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079100900?

Census tract 55079100900 in the Greenfield Park neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 55079100900?

Median gross rent is $1,083/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 55079100900?

19.3% of residents in tract 55079100900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,874.

How socially vulnerable is tract 55079100900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 66th, minority 50th, housing 86th.

Is tract 55079100900 considered part of Greenfield Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079100900 fall within Greenfield Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079100900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 289 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079100900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.96% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 55079100900 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.69× 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.

What share of households in tract 55079100900 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.1% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 55079100900 compare to West Allis overall?

Tract 55079100900 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of West Allis at 3.1/10. 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 55079100900 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in West Allis

Top eight tracts in West Allis 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