Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
University Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079014600 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,028 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 55079014600 sits in the University Hill area of Milwaukee eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. The severe-burden share is 39%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 61%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 2%
Tract context
Occupied units875
Renter share97.7%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate80.6%
Median income$12,145
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
81
th percentile
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 43.0424, -87.9303 · click any tract to drill in
Why University Hill 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
80.6% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$742 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 University Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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
- 78%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)
- 407Total filings over 13 yrs
- 3.17%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2003)
- 35Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 34% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 163Total filings 2020-21
- 2.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.33×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 University Hill. 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.
- 24.5%Housing insecurity
- 17.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 43.4%Food insecurity
- 51.5%SNAP enrollment
- 26.9%Transit barriers
- 14.7%No health insurance
- 30.4%Frequent mental distress
- 44.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in University Hill
Set annual rent against average income of $12,145 and the ratio lands at 73%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.
Food insecurity runs 43.4% against 17.8% nationally. Cost burden runs 62% here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County. The poverty rate is 81%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
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. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.
Average gross rent is $742, 30% below the Milwaukee average. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.
It sits 1.3 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5. Housing insecurity runs 24.5% against 14.2% nationally.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079014600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079014600?
Census tract 55079014600 in the University Hill 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 55079014600?
Median gross rent is $742/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079014600?
80.6% of residents in tract 55079014600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,028.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079014600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 5th, minority 52th, housing 92th.
Q5
Is tract 55079014600 considered part of University Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079014600 fall within University Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079014600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 407 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079014600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.17% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079014600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.33× 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 55079014600 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.5% 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. 17.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079014600 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079014600 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 55079014600 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. 78% 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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