Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Airport Gateway Eviction Risk: Lower , Milwaukee
Tract 55079021700 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 6,228 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 55079021700 covers Airport Gateway in Milwaukee, home to 6,228 residents. For landlords it grades 5.5/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than about 55% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 35% of renter households, a high level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,171 a month while the average household earns $79,979 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units2,194
Renter share19.2%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate6.5%
Median income$79,979
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 42.9405, -87.9131 · click any tract to drill in
Why Airport Gateway scores 3.7
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
6.5% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,171 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 Airport Gateway compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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
- 0%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)
- 441Total filings over 13 yrs
- 5.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.0%Peak (2007)
- 46Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 24% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 136Total filings 2020-21
- 1.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.73×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 Airport Gateway. 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.
- 12.2%Housing insecurity
- 6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.6%Food insecurity
- 16.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 12.0%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 32.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Airport Gateway
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Milwaukee eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Milwaukee County average of 6.0 and above the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.73x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079021700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079021700?
Census tract 55079021700 in the Airport Gateway neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 55079021700?
Median gross rent is $1,171/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079021700?
6.5% of residents in tract 55079021700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,228.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079021700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 60th, minority 44th, housing 87th.
Q5
Is tract 55079021700 considered part of Airport Gateway?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079021700 fall within Airport Gateway (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079021700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 441 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079021700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.89% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079021700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.73× 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 55079021700 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.2% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079021700 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079021700 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Milwaukee at 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 55079021700 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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