Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
SOHI Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079186800 ·
Milwaukee County, WI · pop 1,438 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Tract 55079186800 sits in the SOHI area of Milwaukee eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. It is home to 1,438 residents. SNAP participation runs 39.2% against 15.2% nationally.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47%Stable renters 51%Owners 2%
Tract context
Occupied units805
Renter share98.1%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate32.3%
Median income$27,964
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
11th percentile
#9 of 10 tracts In SOHI
Very Low
Within parent city
93th percentile
#15 of 210 tracts In Milwaukee
Very High
Within county
79th percentile
#64 of 301 tracts In Milwaukee County
High
Within state
98th percentile
#29 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0281, -87.9506 · click any tract to drill in
Why SOHI scores 5.8
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
32.3% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$832 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 SOHI compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
90%Socioeconomic
88%Household composition
78%Racial/ethnic minority
96%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
0%Grade C
1%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)
754Total filings over 13 yrs
10.46%Avg annual filing rate
11.6%Peak (2017)
85Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2003 to 2017
Filings climbed 286% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
422Total filings 2020-21
5.5Avg monthly (observed)
5.1Pre-pandemic baseline
1.07×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
24.0%Housing insecurity
14.9%Utility-shutoff threat
35.0%Food insecurity
39.2%SNAP enrollment
17.3%Transit barriers
20.4%No health insurance
19.4%Frequent mental distress
40.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in SOHI
98% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income of $27,964, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.6/10.
The poverty rate is 32%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8.1/10. Average gross rent is $832, 21% below the Milwaukee average.
Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Adults with no health insurance runs 20.4% against 11.3% nationally.
Court records carry 754 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Filings peaked in 2017 at 11.6% 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.
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 55079186800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079186800?
Census tract 55079186800 in the SOHI neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 55079186800?
Median gross rent is $832/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079186800?
32.3% of residents in tract 55079186800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,438.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079186800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 88th, minority 78th, housing 96th.
Q5
Is tract 55079186800 considered part of SOHI?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079186800 fall within SOHI (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079186800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 754 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079186800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.46% of renter households, peaking at 11.6% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079186800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.07× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079186800 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.0% 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. 14.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079186800 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079186800 scores 5.8/10, 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 55079186800 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. 1% 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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