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Bronzeville Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee

Tract 55079006600 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 1,624 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Tract 55079006600 sits in the Bronzeville area of Milwaukee eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. Population here is 1,624. Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 30% Owners 32%

Tract context

Occupied units707

Renter share68.3%

SVI overall0.72

Poverty rate34.2%

Median income$35,980

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region

Centroid at 43.0754, -87.9314 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bronzeville 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

34.2% poverty · this tract

8.6

Supply constraint

$1,083 rent vs county FMR

3.6

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: 72

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

76%Socioeconomic
59%Household composition
95%Racial/ethnic minority
47%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
73%Grade C
0%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)

1,556Total filings over 13 yrs
18.63%Avg annual filing rate
23.0%Peak (2007)
120Filings in 2017 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2003 to 2017

Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

399Total filings 2020-21
5.2Avg monthly (observed)
9.4Pre-pandemic baseline
0.55×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.

33.2%Housing insecurity
23.8%Utility-shutoff threat
46.0%Food insecurity
56.5%SNAP enrollment
23.1%Transit barriers
13.8%No health insurance
21.7%Frequent mental distress
43.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bronzeville

Housing insecurity runs 33.2% against 14.2% nationally. The dominant input is economic stress at 8.6/10. The poverty rate is 34%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income of $35,980, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. 68% 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. 55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Disability prevalence runs 43.8% against 31.5% nationally.

Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,556 filings here across 13 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2007 at 23.0% of renter households.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 55079006600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079006600?

Census tract 55079006600 in the Bronzeville 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.

What is the average rent in tract 55079006600?

Median gross rent is $1,083/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 55079006600?

34.2% of residents in tract 55079006600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,624.

How socially vulnerable is tract 55079006600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 59th, minority 95th, housing 47th.

Is tract 55079006600 considered part of Bronzeville?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079006600 fall within Bronzeville (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079006600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,556 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079006600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.63% of renter households, peaking at 23.0% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 55079006600 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.55× 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 55079006600 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. 23.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 55079006600 compare to Milwaukee overall?

Tract 55079006600 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 55079006600 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. 0% 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