Within neighborhood
78
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
SOHI Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079014900 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 1,172 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
55079014900 is a census tract in the SOHI area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,172 residents. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 56%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 8%
Tract context
Occupied units561
Renter share91.8%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate48.6%
Median income$27,639
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0370, -87.9448 · click any tract to drill in
Why SOHI 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
48.6% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$813 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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 SOHI compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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
- 31%Grade C
- 68%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)
- 790Total filings over 13 yrs
- 8.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.6%Peak (2017)
- 105Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 262% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 327Total filings 2020-21
- 4.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.87×Ratio to baseline
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 SOHI. 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.
- 25.1%Housing insecurity
- 17.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.0%Food insecurity
- 41.1%SNAP enrollment
- 20.5%Transit barriers
- 15.0%No health insurance
- 23.8%Frequent mental distress
- 37.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in SOHI
SNAP participation runs 41.1% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 49%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%.
The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. This is renter territory: 92% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Food insecurity runs 36.0% against 17.8% nationally. Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income of $27,639, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.
At $813 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Milwaukee commands. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Court records carry 790 eviction filings across 13 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2017, when 15.6% of renter households were served.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079014900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079014900?
Census tract 55079014900 in the SOHI 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 55079014900?
Median gross rent is $813/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079014900?
48.6% of residents in tract 55079014900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,172.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079014900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 7th, minority 82th, housing 87th.
Q5
Is tract 55079014900 considered part of SOHI?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079014900 fall within SOHI (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079014900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 790 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079014900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.66% of renter households, peaking at 15.6% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079014900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.87× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079014900 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.1% 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. 17.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079014900 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079014900 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 55079014900 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. 68% 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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