Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally

Center Street Marketplace Eviction Risk: Lower , Milwaukee

Tract 55079003700 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,148 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

With a score of 3.9/10, tract 55079003700 in the Center Street Marketplace area of Milwaukee, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,148 residents. 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

3.9

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 11% Owners 76%

Tract context

Occupied units886

Renter share23.5%

SVI overall0.75

Poverty rate7.0%

Median income$53,547

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region

Centroid at 43.0855, -87.9834 · click any tract to drill in

Why Center Street Marketplace scores 3.9

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

7.0% poverty · this tract

1.8

Supply constraint

$1,056 rent vs county FMR

3.4

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 Center Street Marketplace compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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

63%Socioeconomic
92%Household composition
89%Racial/ethnic minority
46%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

82%Grade A
0%Grade B
18%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)

320Total filings over 13 yrs
8.33%Avg annual filing rate
12.3%Peak (2012)
29Filings in 2017 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2003 to 2017

Filings climbed 26% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

141Total filings 2020-21
1.8Avg monthly (observed)
2.2Pre-pandemic baseline
0.82×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 Center Street Marketplace. 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.

21.1%Housing insecurity
12.8%Utility-shutoff threat
26.3%Food insecurity
29.5%SNAP enrollment
13.1%Transit barriers
9.4%No health insurance
18.0%Frequent mental distress
32.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Center Street Marketplace

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.8/10. 55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. SNAP participation runs 29.5% against 15.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

Food insecurity runs 26.3% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 320 filings here across 13 tracked years.

It sits 0.6 points below the Milwaukee County average of 4.5. The worst year on record was 2012, when 12.3% of renter households were served.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). 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 8.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #50,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 23% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 55079003700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079003700?

Census tract 55079003700 in the Center Street Marketplace neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (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 55079003700?

Median gross rent is $1,056/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 55079003700?

7.0% of residents in tract 55079003700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,148.

How socially vulnerable is tract 55079003700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 92th, minority 89th, housing 46th.

Is tract 55079003700 considered part of Center Street Marketplace?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079003700 fall within Center Street Marketplace (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079003700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 320 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079003700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.33% of renter households, peaking at 12.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 55079003700 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.82× 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 55079003700 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.1% 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. 12.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 55079003700 compare to Milwaukee overall?

Tract 55079003700 scores 3.9/10, lower 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 55079003700 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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