Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally

Lincoln Heights Terrace Eviction Risk: Lower , West Allis

Tract 55079019300 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,078 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

55079019300 is a census tract in the Lincoln Heights Terrace area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 3.4/10 for landlords. 27% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%.

Risk score

3.4

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 12% Owners 84%

Tract context

Occupied units1,009

Renter share15.9%

SVI overall0.54

Poverty rate8.0%

Median income$76,006

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across West Allis and the region

Centroid at 42.9950, -87.9961 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lincoln Heights Terrace scores 3.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from West Allis

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.0

State political climate

Wisconsin legislature & governorship

2.9

Economic stress

8.0% poverty · this tract

2.0

Supply constraint

$1,140 rent vs county FMR

4.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from West Allis

2.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from West Allis

6.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from West Allis

5.5

How Lincoln Heights Terrace compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 54

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

50%Socioeconomic
62%Household composition
65%Racial/ethnic minority
41%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
49%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)

58Total filings over 12 yrs
3.05%Avg annual filing rate
5.3%Peak (2015)
4Filings in 2017 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2003 to 2017

Filings dropped 33% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

30Total filings 2020-21
0.4Avg monthly (observed)
0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
0.86×Ratio to baseline

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

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Lincoln Heights Terrace. 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.

11.4%Housing insecurity
5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
13.6%Food insecurity
12.7%SNAP enrollment
7.4%Transit barriers
10.7%No health insurance
16.8%Frequent mental distress
27.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lincoln Heights Terrace

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2/10.

Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

The filing record is not thin: 58 evictions over 12 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2015 at 5.3% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

In a typical year about 3.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #59,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 16% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.8/10.

Rent consumes only 18% of average household income of $76,006, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 55079019300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079019300?

Census tract 55079019300 in the Lincoln Heights Terrace neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 55079019300?

Median gross rent is $1,140/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 55079019300?

8.0% of residents in tract 55079019300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,078.

How socially vulnerable is tract 55079019300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 62th, minority 65th, housing 41th.

Is tract 55079019300 considered part of Lincoln Heights Terrace?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079019300 fall within Lincoln Heights Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079019300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 58 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 55079019300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.05% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 55079019300 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.86× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.

What share of households in tract 55079019300 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.4% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 55079019300 compare to West Allis overall?

Tract 55079019300 scores 3.4/10, 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 55079019300 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.

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