Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
M District Eviction Risk: Lower , Oak Creek
Tract 55079160101 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 4,471 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 55079160101 in the M District area of Oak Creek, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Against Milwaukee County at 45.8%, 20% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units2,193
Renter share36.7%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$87,317
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Oak Creek and the region
Centroid at 42.9112, -87.8940 · click any tract to drill in
Why M District scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Oak Creek
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,669 rent vs county FMR
8.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oak Creek
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oak Creek
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oak Creek
3.2
How M District 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.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 12Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within M District. 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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.1%Food insecurity
- 8.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 24.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in M District
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.2/10. The voucher gap is 32.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Sitting well above the midpoint, supply constraint reads 8.3/10. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.5 points. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.2/10.
Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 9.1% against 17.8% nationally. At $1,669 a month, rents run 15% over what the rest of Oak Creek commands.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. 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.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079160101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079160101?
Census tract 55079160101 in the M District 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 55079160101?
Median gross rent is $1,669/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079160101?
5.0% of residents in tract 55079160101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,471.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079160101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 10th, minority 44th, housing 25th.
Q5
Is tract 55079160101 considered part of M District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079160101 fall within M District (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 55079160101 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.
Q7
How does tract 55079160101 compare to Oak Creek overall?
Tract 55079160101 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Oak Creek at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oak Creek eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 55079160101 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Oak Creek
Top eight tracts in Oak Creek ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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