Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Bronzeville Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee

Tract 55079185600 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,268 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

Tract 55079185600 sits in the Bronzeville area of Milwaukee eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. Population here is 2,268. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.6/10.

Risk score

5.2

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 39% Owners 28%

Tract context

Occupied units1,051

Renter share71.6%

SVI overall0.70

Poverty rate18.2%

Median income$41,963

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region

Centroid at 43.0603, -87.9147 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bronzeville scores 5.2

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

18.2% poverty · this tract

4.5

Supply constraint

$824 rent vs county FMR

1.6

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 Bronzeville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

71%Socioeconomic
88%Household composition
83%Racial/ethnic minority
29%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
26%Grade C
74%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)

579Total filings over 13 yrs
8.03%Avg annual filing rate
12.7%Peak (2003)
41Filings in 2017 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2003 to 2017

Filings dropped 37% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

193Total filings 2020-21
2.5Avg monthly (observed)
4.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.52×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01

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 Bronzeville. 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.

20.7%Housing insecurity
14.0%Utility-shutoff threat
26.7%Food insecurity
32.2%SNAP enrollment
14.1%Transit barriers
9.2%No health insurance
18.3%Frequent mental distress
33.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bronzeville

SNAP participation runs 32.2% against 15.2% nationally. This is renter territory: 72% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.

18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Average gross rent is $824, 22% below the Milwaukee average. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Food insecurity runs 26.7% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 579 evictions over 13 years of observation.

It sits 0.7 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5. Filings peaked in 2003 at 12.7% of renter households.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 55079185600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079185600?

Census tract 55079185600 in the Bronzeville neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 55079185600?

Median gross rent is $824/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 55079185600?

18.2% of residents in tract 55079185600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,268.

How socially vulnerable is tract 55079185600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 88th, minority 83th, housing 29th.

Is tract 55079185600 considered part of Bronzeville?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079185600 fall within Bronzeville (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079185600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 579 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079185600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.03% of renter households, peaking at 12.7% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 55079185600 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.52× 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.

What share of households in tract 55079185600 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.7% 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. 14.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 55079185600 compare to Milwaukee overall?

Tract 55079185600 scores 5.2/10, higher 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 55079185600 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. 74% 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 Milwaukee

Top eight tracts in Milwaukee ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org