Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Center Street Marketplace Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079006100 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,268 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi
Census tract 55079006100 covers part of the Center Street Marketplace area of Milwaukee, WI, and scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,268 residents. 31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units740
Renter share44.7%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate23.8%
Median income$54,273
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0679, -87.9685 · click any tract to drill in
Why Center Street Marketplace scores 5.5
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
23.8% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,094 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Center Street Marketplace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 100%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 799Total filings over 13 yrs
- 16.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 23.4%Peak (2014)
- 89Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 68% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 291Total filings 2020-21
- 3.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.68×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 Center Street Marketplace. 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.
- 22.8%Housing insecurity
- 14.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.2%Food insecurity
- 34.1%SNAP enrollment
- 14.8%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 32.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Center Street Marketplace
SNAP participation runs 34.1% against 15.2% nationally. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.1/10. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. It sits 1.0 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5.
Court records carry 799 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 23.4% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Milwaukee Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 16.3% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 72nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.7/10.
Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079006100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079006100?
Census tract 55079006100 in the Center Street Marketplace neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 55079006100?
Median gross rent is $1,094/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079006100?
23.8% of residents in tract 55079006100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,268.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079006100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 54th, minority 88th, housing 54th.
Q5
Is tract 55079006100 considered part of Center Street Marketplace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079006100 fall within Center Street Marketplace (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079006100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 799 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079006100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.26% of renter households, peaking at 23.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079006100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.68× 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 55079006100 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.8% 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. 14.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079006100 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079006100 scores 5.5/10, 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 55079006100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
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