Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
The Brewery Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079014100 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 1,720 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
55079014100 is a census tract in the The Brewery area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 58%
Owners 2%
Tract context
Occupied units891
Renter share98.1%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate48.3%
Median income$35,195
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
94
th percentile
Very High
Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0486, -87.9210 · click any tract to drill in
Why The Brewery 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
48.3% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,122 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 The Brewery compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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
- 57%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)
- 491Total filings over 13 yrs
- 6.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.8%Peak (2009)
- 16Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 445Total filings 2020-21
- 5.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.19×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within The Brewery. 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.
- 26.8%Housing insecurity
- 19.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.1%Food insecurity
- 45.5%SNAP enrollment
- 20.3%Transit barriers
- 12.8%No health insurance
- 23.6%Frequent mental distress
- 37.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in The Brewery
SNAP participation runs 45.5% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 48%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
98% 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. Food insecurity runs 37.1% against 17.8% nationally. Annualized rent equals 38% of average household income of $35,195, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. 18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. 41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%.
Court records carry 491 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Filings peaked in 2009 at 11.8% of renter households.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079014100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079014100?
Census tract 55079014100 in the The Brewery 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 55079014100?
Median gross rent is $1,122/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079014100?
48.3% of residents in tract 55079014100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,720.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079014100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 45th, minority 88th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 55079014100 considered part of The Brewery?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079014100 fall within The Brewery (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079014100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 491 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079014100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.36% of renter households, peaking at 11.8% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079014100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.19× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079014100 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.8% 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. 19.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079014100 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079014100 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 55079014100 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. 57% 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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