Neighborhood · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Lincoln Heights Terrace Eviction Risk: Lower , West Allis
Tract 55079101700 ·
Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,379 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 55079101700, home to 3,379 residents in Lincoln Heights Terrace in West Allis, scores 5.5/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 55% of US census tracts.
About 36% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,002 a month against an average household income of $74,046 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 46% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%Stable renters 30%Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,515
Renter share46.2%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate10.9%
Median income$74,046
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67th percentile
#2 of 4 tracts In Lincoln Heights Terrace
Elevated
Within parent city
59th percentile
#8 of 18 tracts In West Allis
Elevated
Within county
24th percentile
#229 of 301 tracts In Milwaukee County
Low
Within state
55th percentile
#685 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across West Allis and the region
Centroid at 43.0017, -88.0070 · 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
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
10.9% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,002 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 Lincoln Heights Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
33%Socioeconomic
17%Household composition
50%Racial/ethnic minority
17%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
100%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)
207Total filings over 13 yrs
2.69%Avg annual filing rate
4.4%Peak (2016)
14Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2003 to 2017
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
74Total filings 2020-21
1.0Avg monthly (observed)
1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
0.56×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
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.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
12.0%Housing insecurity
6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
15.2%Food insecurity
16.1%SNAP enrollment
8.3%Transit barriers
10.0%No health insurance
16.9%Frequent mental distress
28.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lincoln Heights Terrace
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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.8% 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 55079101700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079101700?
Census tract 55079101700 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 55079101700?
Median gross rent is $1,002/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079101700?
10.9% of residents in tract 55079101700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,379.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079101700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 17th, minority 50th, housing 17th.
Q5
Is tract 55079101700 considered part of Lincoln Heights Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079101700 fall within Lincoln Heights Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079101700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 207 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079101700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.69% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079101700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.56× 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 55079101700 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079101700 compare to West Allis overall?
Tract 55079101700 scores 3.4/10, 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 55079101700 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.