Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Center Street Marketplace Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079009900 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 1,103 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 55079009900 covers part of the Center Street Marketplace area of Milwaukee, WI, and scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,103. Food insecurity runs 44.6% against 17.8% nationally.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 45%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units379
Renter share65.4%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate33.9%
Median income$39,934
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0603, -87.9463 · click any tract to drill in
Why Center Street Marketplace 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
33.9% poverty · this tract
8.5
Supply constraint
$1,023 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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)
- 642Total filings over 13 yrs
- 21.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.1%Peak (2003)
- 48Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 20% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 139Total filings 2020-21
- 1.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.48×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 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.
- 32.4%Housing insecurity
- 21.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 44.6%Food insecurity
- 51.7%SNAP enrollment
- 21.7%Transit barriers
- 15.9%No health insurance
- 21.9%Frequent mental distress
- 39.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Center Street Marketplace
Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County. Housing insecurity runs 32.4% against 14.2% nationally. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 8.5/10.
The poverty rate is 34%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 65% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.
16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. It sits 1.3 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5.
On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 642 evictions over 13 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2003, when 21.1% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079009900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079009900?
Census tract 55079009900 in the Center Street Marketplace 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 55079009900?
Median gross rent is $1,023/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079009900?
33.9% of residents in tract 55079009900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,103.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079009900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 96th, minority 97th, housing 46th.
Q5
Is tract 55079009900 considered part of Center Street Marketplace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079009900 fall within Center Street Marketplace (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079009900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 642 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079009900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.23% of renter households, peaking at 21.1% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079009900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.48× 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 55079009900 struggle to pay rent?
About 32.4% 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. 21.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079009900 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079009900 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 55079009900 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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