12 census tracts · pop 30,331 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4/10
· range 3–5.8
Bay View is a 12-tract suburb of Milwaukee, WI, population 30,331. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4/10, in the Moderate tier. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3 to 5.8, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 2.5/10. The severe-burden share is 13%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. 33% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent.
Court records carry 2,454 eviction filings across its 12 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 14.7% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,173, 11% above the Milwaukee average of $1,059.
The most recent observed rate, 2.8% in 2017, is well off that peak. That places it #42 of 53 neighborhoods in Milwaukee.
For a like-for-like read, Milwaukee Regional Medical Center and Historic Water Tower Neighborhood score within a fraction of it. Against average income of $77,380, annual rent is only 18%, a wide affordability cushion. 46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 4 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4
Moderate
12 tracts · population-weighted
Bay View vs MilwaukeeHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority46%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport37%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Bay View
Aggregated across 12 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2,454Total filings (sum)
3.37%Avg annual filing rate
14.7%Peak year (2016)
2.82%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
629Total filings 2020-21
0.7Avg monthly observed
1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
0.63×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee, WI).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Bay View
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
14.3%Housing insecurity
8.0%Utility shutoff threat
18.6%Food insecurity
19.1%SNAP enrollment
13.3%No health insurance
28.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Bay View
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Bay View?
Bay View scores 4/10 (Moderate tier) across 12 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Bay View compare to Milwaukee overall?
Bay View scores 0.4 points lower than Milwaukee overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 33% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,173 vs $1,059.
Q3
What is the average rent in Bay View?
Average gross rent in Bay View is $1,173/month (pop-weighted across 12 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Bay View residents are renters?
46% of Bay View households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Milwaukee). The neighborhood has 30,331 residents.
Q5
Is Bay View a high social-vulnerability area?
Bay View sits in the 38th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Bay View have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Bay View is census tract 55079018600 (score 5.8/10). Across the 12 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 5.8, a spread of 2.8 points.
Q7
How safe is Bay View for landlords?
Bay View carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4/10). Pop-weighted across 12 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Milwaukee as a whole (4.4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Bay View?
Bay View has 30,401 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (62.5%), Hispanic / Latino (27.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (4.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
