Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Center Street Marketplace Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee

Tract 55079004900 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 4,059 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Tract 55079004900 sits in the Center Street Marketplace area of Milwaukee eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. Population here is 4,059. The severe-burden share is 56%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 20% Owners 45%

Tract context

Occupied units1,560

Renter share55.0%

SVI overall0.71

Poverty rate21.4%

Median income$50,290

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region

Centroid at 43.0771, -87.9723 · click any tract to drill in

Why Center Street Marketplace scores 5.4

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

21.4% poverty · this tract

5.4

Supply constraint

$986 rent vs county FMR

2.8

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: 71

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

49%Socioeconomic
72%Household composition
92%Racial/ethnic minority
74%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

32%Grade A
68%Grade B
0%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)

1,107Total filings over 13 yrs
10.83%Avg annual filing rate
13.8%Peak (2014)
99Filings in 2017 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2003 to 2017

Filings climbed 27% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

403Total filings 2020-21
5.2Avg monthly (observed)
7.6Pre-pandemic baseline
0.69×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 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 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.

22.9%Housing insecurity
15.1%Utility-shutoff threat
29.6%Food insecurity
35.2%SNAP enrollment
14.9%Transit barriers
9.7%No health insurance
18.6%Frequent mental distress
34.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Center Street Marketplace

Against Milwaukee County at 45.8%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened. SNAP participation runs 35.2% against 15.2% nationally.

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.1/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10.

Housing insecurity runs 22.9% against 14.2% nationally. It sits 0.9 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5.

The filing record is not thin: 1,107 evictions over 13 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2014, when 13.8% of renter households were served.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 10.8% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 55079004900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079004900?

Census tract 55079004900 in the Center Street Marketplace neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 55079004900?

Median gross rent is $986/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 55079004900?

21.4% of residents in tract 55079004900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,059.

How socially vulnerable is tract 55079004900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 72th, minority 92th, housing 74th.

Is tract 55079004900 considered part of Center Street Marketplace?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079004900 fall within Center Street Marketplace (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079004900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,107 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079004900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.83% of renter households, peaking at 13.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 55079004900 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.69× 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.

What share of households in tract 55079004900 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.9% 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. 15.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 55079004900 compare to Milwaukee overall?

Tract 55079004900 scores 5.4/10, 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 55079004900 historically redlined?

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