Within neighborhood
91
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Bay View Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079018600 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,172 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Census tract 55079018600 covers part of the Bay View area of Milwaukee, WI, and scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,172 residents. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.9/10.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units750
Renter share60.4%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate39.5%
Median income$58,722
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 42.9956, -87.9226 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bay View scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
39.5% poverty · this tract
9.9
Supply constraint
$972 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Bay View compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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
- 56%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)
- 463Total filings over 13 yrs
- 8.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.7%Peak (2012)
- 30Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 139Total filings 2020-21
- 1.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.51×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 Bay View. 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.
- 33.2%Housing insecurity
- 18.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 47.5%Food insecurity
- 49.2%SNAP enrollment
- 22.8%Transit barriers
- 34.1%No health insurance
- 21.4%Frequent mental distress
- 44.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bay View
Food insecurity runs 47.5% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 49.2% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 39%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Against Milwaukee County at 45.8%, 35% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the high side, 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.
Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 463 filings here across 13 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2012 at 10.7% of renter households. Average gross rent is $972, 8% below the Milwaukee average.
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 8.0% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079018600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079018600?
Census tract 55079018600 in the Bay View 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 55079018600?
Median gross rent is $972/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079018600?
39.5% of residents in tract 55079018600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,172.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079018600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 85th, minority 87th, housing 62th.
Q5
Is tract 55079018600 considered part of Bay View?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079018600 fall within Bay View (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079018600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 463 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079018600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.02% of renter households, peaking at 10.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079018600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.51× 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 55079018600 struggle to pay rent?
About 33.2% 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. 18.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079018600 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079018600 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 55079018600 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.
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