Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Lincoln Heights Terrace Eviction Risk: Lower , West Allis
Tract 55079101600 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 4,416 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 55079101600 (Lincoln Heights Terrace in West Allis, Wisconsin) comes in at 5.8/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #28,239 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
44% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $880 a month against an average household income of $77,676 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,958
Renter share36.4%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$77,676
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across West Allis and the region
Centroid at 43.0031, -87.9888 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lincoln Heights Terrace scores 3.3
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
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$880 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Lincoln Heights Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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
- 22%Grade B
- 72%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)
- 255Total filings over 13 yrs
- 2.38%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2014)
- 23Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 35% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 97Total filings 2020-21
- 1.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.67×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.
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.
- 11.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.6%Food insecurity
- 14.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 10.6%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 29.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lincoln Heights Terrace
The score leans hardest on 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 about the same as 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.67x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.7% 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079101600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079101600?
Census tract 55079101600 in the Lincoln Heights Terrace neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 55079101600?
Median gross rent is $880/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079101600?
11.2% of residents in tract 55079101600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,416.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079101600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 31th, minority 39th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 55079101600 considered part of Lincoln Heights Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079101600 fall within Lincoln Heights Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079101600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 255 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079101600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.38% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079101600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.67× 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 55079101600 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.7% 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.
Q9
How does tract 55079101600 compare to West Allis overall?
Tract 55079101600 scores 3.3/10, right in line with 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 55079101600 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.
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Six Points
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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Greenfield Park
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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Six Points
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · WI
Six Points
3.9
/ 10 · Low
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Beloit Park Manor
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · WI
Beloit Park Manor
3.5
/ 10 · Low
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Lincoln Heights Terrace
3.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · WI
LaFollette Park
3.4
/ 10 · Low
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