Within neighborhood
63
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Bronzeville Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079008400 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 740 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
55079008400 is a census tract in the Bronzeville area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 740 residents. 51% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 61%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units264
Renter share81.4%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate41.5%
Median income$21,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0676, -87.9233 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bronzeville scores 5.8
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
41.5% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$862 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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 Bronzeville 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.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 100%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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
- 52%Grade C
- 48%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)
- 641Total filings over 13 yrs
- 17.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 26.7%Peak (2013)
- 54Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 197Total filings 2020-21
- 2.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.55×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.
- 33.7%Housing insecurity
- 24.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 45.5%Food insecurity
- 56.1%SNAP enrollment
- 23.3%Transit barriers
- 14.2%No health insurance
- 22.5%Frequent mental distress
- 41.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bronzeville
Cost burden runs about three-quarters here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $21,875 and the ratio lands at 47%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The poverty rate is 42%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Housing insecurity runs 33.7% against 14.2% nationally.
This is renter territory: 81% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 24.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.9/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Average gross rent is $862, 19% below the Milwaukee average.
The filing record is not thin: 641 evictions over 13 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2013 at 26.7% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 17.6% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079008400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079008400?
Census tract 55079008400 in the Bronzeville 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 55079008400?
Median gross rent is $862/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079008400?
41.5% of residents in tract 55079008400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 740.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079008400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 100th, minority 97th, housing 7th.
Q5
Is tract 55079008400 considered part of Bronzeville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079008400 fall within Bronzeville (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079008400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 641 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079008400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.64% of renter households, peaking at 26.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079008400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.55× 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 55079008400 struggle to pay rent?
About 33.7% 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. 24.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079008400 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079008400 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 55079008400 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. 48% 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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