Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Center Street Marketplace Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee

Tract 55079009200 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 1,423 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 4.8/10, tract 55079009200 in the Center Street Marketplace area of Milwaukee, WI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,423. The severe-burden share is 36%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

4.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 25% Owners 48%

Tract context

Occupied units685

Renter share52.6%

SVI overall0.76

Poverty rate17.3%

Median income$56,542

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region

Centroid at 43.0607, -87.9756 · click any tract to drill in

Why Center Street Marketplace scores 4.8

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

17.3% poverty · this tract

4.3

Supply constraint

$992 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 Center Street Marketplace compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

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

84%Socioeconomic
47%Household composition
79%Racial/ethnic minority
59%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.

0%Grade A
83%Grade B
17%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)

715Total filings over 13 yrs
15.37%Avg annual filing rate
17.1%Peak (2017)
72Filings in 2017 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2003 to 2017

Filings climbed 64% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

274Total filings 2020-21
3.6Avg monthly (observed)
4.5Pre-pandemic baseline
0.79×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.

20.0%Housing insecurity
12.4%Utility-shutoff threat
24.8%Food insecurity
27.8%SNAP enrollment
13.1%Transit barriers
9.9%No health insurance
19.0%Frequent mental distress
29.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Center Street Marketplace

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.1/10. SNAP participation runs 27.8% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

about half of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 715 evictions over 13 years of observation.

Food insecurity runs 24.8% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2017 at 17.1% of renter households.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). 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 15.4% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.8/10.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 55079009200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079009200?

Census tract 55079009200 in the Center Street Marketplace neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 55079009200?

Median gross rent is $992/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 55079009200?

17.3% of residents in tract 55079009200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,423.

How socially vulnerable is tract 55079009200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 47th, minority 79th, housing 59th.

Is tract 55079009200 considered part of Center Street Marketplace?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079009200 fall within Center Street Marketplace (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079009200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 715 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079009200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.37% of renter households, peaking at 17.1% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 55079009200 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.79× 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 55079009200 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.0% 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. 12.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 55079009200 compare to Milwaukee overall?

Tract 55079009200 scores 4.8/10, 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 55079009200 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