Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
M District Eviction Risk: Lower , Oak Creek
Tract 55079170300 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,278 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 55079170300 covers part of the M District area of South Milwaukee, WI, and scores 3.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,278. The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units998
Renter share24.9%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$75,147
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Oak Creek and the region
Centroid at 42.9096, -87.8754 · click any tract to drill in
Why M District scores 3.2
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
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$970 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oak Creek
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oak Creek
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oak Creek
5.7
How M District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 28%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 36%Grade C
- 64%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)
- 252Total filings over 13 yrs
- 5.19%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.1%Peak (2013)
- 19Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 39Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.29×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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.0%Food insecurity
- 12.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in M District
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.1/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.4/10. It sits 1.3 points below the Milwaukee County average of 4.5.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 252 filings here across 13 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2013 at 9.1% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 5.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 25% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.3/10.
Against average income of $75,147, annual rent is just 15%. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. 42% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079170300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079170300?
Census tract 55079170300 in the M District neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 55079170300?
Median gross rent is $970/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079170300?
9.8% of residents in tract 55079170300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,278.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079170300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 43th, minority 35th, housing 28th.
Q5
Is tract 55079170300 considered part of M District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079170300 fall within M District (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079170300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 252 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079170300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.19% of renter households, peaking at 9.1% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079170300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.29× 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 55079170300 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079170300 compare to Oak Creek overall?
Tract 55079170300 scores 3.2/10, 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.
Q10
Was tract 55079170300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 64% 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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