Neighborhood · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Airport Gateway Eviction Risk: Lower , Milwaukee
Tract 55079021700 ·
Milwaukee County, WI · pop 6,228 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
55079021700 is a census tract in the Airport Gateway area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 3.1/10 for landlords. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.6/10.
Risk score
3.1
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 neighborhood
0th percentile
#2 of 2 tracts In Airport Gateway
Very Low
Within parent city
7th percentile
#195 of 210 tracts In Milwaukee
Very Low
Within county
20th percentile
#241 of 301 tracts In Milwaukee County
Low
Within state
33th percentile
#1,029 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Low
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 3.1
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
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 by year2003 to 2017
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
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
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.
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
35% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.
On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 441 filings here across 13 tracked years.
At $1,171 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of Milwaukee commands. Filings peaked in 2007 at 10.0% 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 5.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 19% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $79,979, annual rent is just 18%.
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 55079021700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079021700?
Census tract 55079021700 in the Airport Gateway neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 3.1/10, 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 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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