Within neighborhood
29
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Old North Milwaukee Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 55079002400 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,626 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 55079002400 sits in the Old North Milwaukee area of Milwaukee eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. Population here is 2,626. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42%
Stable renters 42%
Owners 16%
Tract context
Occupied units1,048
Renter share83.7%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate14.9%
Median income$36,706
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.1064, -87.9519 · click any tract to drill in
Why Old North Milwaukee scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
14.9% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$997 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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
- 44%Grade C
- 41%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)
- 1,231Total filings over 13 yrs
- 18.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.8%Peak (2014)
- 101Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 33% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 548Total filings 2020-21
- 7.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.90×Ratio to baseline
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.
- 26.3%Housing insecurity
- 15.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.8%Food insecurity
- 37.4%SNAP enrollment
- 16.9%Transit barriers
- 12.5%No health insurance
- 20.2%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Old North Milwaukee
84% 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. Set annual rent against average income of $36,706 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.1/10.
Food insecurity runs 33.8% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 26.3% against 14.2% nationally. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,231 filings here across 13 tracked years. Cost burden runs 50% here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 21.8% of renter households were served. 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.
In a typical year about 18.9% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079002400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079002400?
Census tract 55079002400 in the Old North Milwaukee neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 55079002400?
Median gross rent is $997/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079002400?
14.9% of residents in tract 55079002400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,626.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079002400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 96th, minority 91th, housing 83th.
Q5
Is tract 55079002400 considered part of Old North Milwaukee?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079002400 fall within Old North Milwaukee (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079002400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,231 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079002400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.94% of renter households, peaking at 21.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079002400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.90× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079002400 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.3% 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. 15.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079002400 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079002400 scores 5.1/10, 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 55079002400 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. 41% 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.
Tract · WI
Old North Milwaukee
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WI
SOHI
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WI
Tripoli Park
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WI
Cesar E. Chavez Drive
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WI
Old North Milwaukee
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WI
Bay View
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WI
Rufus King
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WI
West End
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Related