Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Bay View Eviction Risk: Lower , Milwaukee
Tract 55079018300 ·
Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,324 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 55079018300 in the Bay View area of Milwaukee, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,324. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%Stable renters 27%Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,003
Renter share40.7%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate3.8%
Median income$89,613
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
36th percentile
#8 of 12 tracts In Bay View
Low
Within parent city
0th percentile
#210 of 210 tracts In Milwaukee
Very Low
Within county
13th percentile
#263 of 301 tracts In Milwaukee County
Very Low
Within state
29th percentile
#1,083 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 42.9914, -87.8929 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bay View scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
3.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,375 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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 Bay View compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
24%Socioeconomic
3%Household composition
33%Racial/ethnic minority
13%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
66%Grade C
22%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)
162Total filings over 13 yrs
2.21%Avg annual filing rate
3.9%Peak (2004)
5Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2003 to 2017
Filings dropped 58% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
32Total filings 2020-21
0.4Avg monthly (observed)
1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.40×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
7.7%Housing insecurity
4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
8.1%Food insecurity
7.6%SNAP enrollment
5.2%Transit barriers
6.4%No health insurance
15.5%Frequent mental distress
20.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bay View
Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County. At $1,375 a month, rents run 30% over what the rest of Milwaukee commands. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.
Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.5 points. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Food insecurity runs 8.1% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 162 eviction filings across 13 observed years.
SNAP participation runs 7.6% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2004 at 3.9% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 2.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
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 55079018300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079018300?
Census tract 55079018300 in the Bay View neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 55079018300?
Median gross rent is $1,375/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079018300?
3.8% of residents in tract 55079018300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,324.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079018300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 3th, minority 33th, housing 13th.
Q5
Is tract 55079018300 considered part of Bay View?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079018300 fall within Bay View (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079018300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 162 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079018300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.21% of renter households, peaking at 3.9% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079018300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.40× 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 55079018300 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079018300 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079018300 scores 3/10, lower 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 55079018300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 22% 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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