Within neighborhood
6
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally
Bronzeville Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079007100 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,082 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
With a score of 6.1/10, tract 55079007100 in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Milwaukee ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,082 residents. That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 44% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,094 a month against an average household income of $55,263 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 64% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units936
Renter share64.3%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate20.6%
Median income$55,263
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0738, -87.9015 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bronzeville scores 5.2
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
20.6% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,094 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Bronzeville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 100%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)
- 298Total filings over 13 yrs
- 3.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.3%Peak (2009)
- 19Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 34% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 63Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.64×Ratio to baseline
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 Bronzeville. 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.
- 13.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.8%Food insecurity
- 18.7%SNAP enrollment
- 9.8%Transit barriers
- 9.5%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 26.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bronzeville
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Milwaukee eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Milwaukee County average of 6.0 and above the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 55th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.64x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079007100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079007100?
Census tract 55079007100 in the Bronzeville neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 55079007100?
Median gross rent is $1,094/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079007100?
20.6% of residents in tract 55079007100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,082.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079007100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 31th, minority 62th, housing 38th.
Q5
Is tract 55079007100 considered part of Bronzeville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079007100 fall within Bronzeville (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079007100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 298 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079007100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.89% of renter households, peaking at 7.3% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079007100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.64× 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 55079007100 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.4% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079007100 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079007100 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Milwaukee at 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 55079007100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 100% 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.
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