Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown District Eviction Risk: Moderate , South Milwaukee
Tract 55079170600 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,619 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 4.8/10, tract 55079170600 in the Downtown District area of South Milwaukee, WI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,619. Cost burden runs around a third here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,585
Renter share56.7%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate22.0%
Median income$59,178
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 42.9077, -87.8632 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown District scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from South Milwaukee
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
22.0% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$959 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Milwaukee
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Milwaukee
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Milwaukee
5.7
How Downtown District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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
- 43%Grade C
- 33%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)
- 391Total filings over 13 yrs
- 3.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.8%Peak (2013)
- 30Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 126Total filings 2020-21
- 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.60×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.
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.
- 12.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.7%Food insecurity
- 18.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 10.4%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 32.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown District
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.1/10. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.4/10. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.6/10.
The filing record is not thin: 391 evictions over 13 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2013, when 4.8% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 3.6% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7.1/10 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 hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
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 55079170600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079170600?
Census tract 55079170600 in the Downtown District neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (Moderate 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 55079170600?
Median gross rent is $959/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079170600?
22.0% of residents in tract 55079170600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,619.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079170600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 45th, minority 43th, housing 80th.
Q5
Is tract 55079170600 considered part of Downtown District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079170600 fall within Downtown District (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079170600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 391 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079170600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.56% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079170600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.60× 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 55079170600 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.3% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079170600 compare to South Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079170600 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of South Milwaukee at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South Milwaukee eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 55079170600 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. 33% 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 South Milwaukee
Top eight tracts in South Milwaukee ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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