Within neighborhood
9
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Bay View Eviction Risk: Lower , Milwaukee
Tract 55079020800 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,999 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Census tract 55079020800 covers part of the Bay View area of Milwaukee, WI, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,999 residents. 22% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,424
Renter share28.8%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate4.7%
Median income$96,071
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 42.9856, -87.8765 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bay View scores 3
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
4.7% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,342 rent vs county FMR
5.7
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: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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
- 47%Grade B
- 52%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 102Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2008)
- 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 45% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 23Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.91×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 Bay View. 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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.8%Food insecurity
- 8.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 22.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bay View
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,342, 27% above the Milwaukee average.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. It sits 1.5 points below the Milwaukee County average of 4.5. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
Food insecurity runs 8.8% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 102 evictions over 13 years of observation.
9% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Filings peaked in 2008 at 4.0% 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 1.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2/10.
Against average income of $96,071, annual rent is just 17%.
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 55079020800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079020800?
Census tract 55079020800 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 55079020800?
Median gross rent is $1,342/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079020800?
4.7% of residents in tract 55079020800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,999.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079020800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 10th, minority 26th, housing 17th.
Q5
Is tract 55079020800 considered part of Bay View?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079020800 fall within Bay View (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079020800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 102 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079020800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.48% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079020800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.91× 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 55079020800 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079020800 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079020800 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 55079020800 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. 0% 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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