Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Beerline B Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079011400 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 1,522 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 4.5/10, tract 55079011400 in the Beerline B area of Milwaukee, WI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,522 residents. The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units921
Renter share64.7%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate16.1%
Median income$64,899
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0532, -87.9105 · click any tract to drill in
Why Beerline B scores 4.5
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
16.1% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,182 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 Beerline B compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%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
- 64%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)
- 153Total filings over 13 yrs
- 3.30%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.7%Peak (2007)
- 8Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 82Total filings 2020-21
- 1.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.20×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Beerline B. 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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.8%Food insecurity
- 12.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 21.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Beerline B
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.1/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Cost burden runs 40% here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County.
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 153 filings here across 13 tracked years.
Average gross rent is $1,182, 12% above the Milwaukee average. Filings peaked in 2007 at 7.7% of renter households.
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. In a typical year about 3.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.5/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Milwaukee County average of 4.5 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079011400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079011400?
Census tract 55079011400 in the Beerline B neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 55079011400?
Median gross rent is $1,182/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079011400?
16.1% of residents in tract 55079011400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,522.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079011400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 5th, minority 56th, housing 33th.
Q5
Is tract 55079011400 considered part of Beerline B?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079011400 fall within Beerline B (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079011400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 153 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079011400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.30% of renter households, peaking at 7.7% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079011400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.20× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079011400 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079011400 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079011400 scores 4.5/10, right in line with 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 55079011400 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. 64% 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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