17 census tracts · pop 26,623 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.6/10
· range 4.7–5.8
Bronzeville spans 17 census tracts of Milwaukee, WI and houses 26,623 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.6/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 58% against 30.5% citywide, putting Bronzeville 27.6% over its own city.
Food insecurity affects 44.2% of adults, 26.4 points above the national rate. 31% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 32.0% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 35%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Set annual rent against average household income of $33,788 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 71% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over.
What pushes the score up most is economic stress at 7.9/10. The 17 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 4.7 to 5.8, a 1.1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. On the softer side is rent-regulation exposure, at 2.5/10.
Court records carry 13,626 eviction filings across its 17 observed tracts. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.7/10.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.6 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
5.6
Moderate
17 tracts · population-weighted
Bronzeville vs MilwaukeeHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority89%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport61%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Bronzeville
Aggregated across 17 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
13,626Total filings (sum)
12.91%Avg annual filing rate
40.6%Peak year (2017)
13.07%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
3,911Total filings 2020-21
3.2Avg monthly observed
5.1Pre-pandemic baseline
0.65×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 Bronzeville
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
31.3%Housing insecurity
23.1%Utility shutoff threat
43.3%Food insecurity
52.5%SNAP enrollment
14.9%No health insurance
41.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Bronzeville
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Bronzeville?
Bronzeville scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier) across 17 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 Bronzeville compare to Milwaukee overall?
Bronzeville scores 1.2 points higher than Milwaukee overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 58% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $941 vs $1,059.
Q3
What is the average rent in Bronzeville?
Average gross rent in Bronzeville is $941/month (pop-weighted across 17 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Bronzeville residents are renters?
71% of Bronzeville households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Milwaukee). The neighborhood has 26,623 residents.
Q5
Is Bronzeville a high social-vulnerability area?
Bronzeville sits in the 82nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Bronzeville have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Bronzeville is census tract 55079185700 (score 5.8/10). Across the 17 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.7 to 5.8, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Bronzeville for landlords?
Bronzeville carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.6/10). Pop-weighted across 17 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Bronzeville?
Bronzeville has 26,788 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (71.2%), White (non-Hispanic) (15.1%), Hispanic / Latino (8.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
