Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally

Old North Milwaukee Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 55079002300 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 4,405 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

55079002300 is a census tract in the Old North Milwaukee area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,405. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 44% Owners 30%

Tract context

Occupied units1,637

Renter share70.4%

SVI overall0.82

Poverty rate27.2%

Median income$38,982

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region

Centroid at 43.1060, -87.9362 · click any tract to drill in

Why Old North Milwaukee scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Milwaukee

7.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.0

State political climate

Wisconsin legislature & governorship

2.9

Economic stress

27.2% poverty · this tract

6.8

Supply constraint

$875 rent vs county FMR

2.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Milwaukee

2.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Milwaukee

6.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Milwaukee

5.5

How Old North Milwaukee compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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

77%Socioeconomic
98%Household composition
96%Racial/ethnic minority
30%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)

883Total filings over 13 yrs
7.57%Avg annual filing rate
10.6%Peak (2013)
64Filings in 2017 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2003 to 2017

Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

333Total filings 2020-21
4.3Avg monthly (observed)
6.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.72×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 Old North Milwaukee. 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.

29.5%Housing insecurity
19.9%Utility-shutoff threat
40.6%Food insecurity
49.0%SNAP enrollment
19.5%Transit barriers
13.1%No health insurance
20.1%Frequent mental distress
41.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Old North Milwaukee

70% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.1/10.

Housing insecurity runs 29.5% against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 2/10. Cost burden runs 37% here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County. It sits 1.3 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 19.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Average gross rent is $875, 17% below the Milwaukee average.

Court records carry 883 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Filings peaked in 2013 at 10.6% 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.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 55079002300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079002300?

Census tract 55079002300 in the Old North Milwaukee neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 55079002300?

Median gross rent is $875/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 55079002300?

27.2% of residents in tract 55079002300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,405.

How socially vulnerable is tract 55079002300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 98th, minority 96th, housing 30th.

Is tract 55079002300 considered part of Old North Milwaukee?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079002300 fall within Old North Milwaukee (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079002300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 883 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079002300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.57% of renter households, peaking at 10.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 55079002300 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.72× 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 55079002300 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.5% 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. 19.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 55079002300 compare to Milwaukee overall?

Tract 55079002300 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Milwaukee at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Milwaukee eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Q10

Was tract 55079002300 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 Milwaukee

Top eight tracts in Milwaukee 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