Within neighborhood
56
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Center Street Marketplace Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079006200 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,437 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 5.8/10, tract 55079006200 in the Center Street Marketplace area of Milwaukee, WI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,437 residents. Food insecurity runs 47.3% against 17.8% nationally.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units699
Renter share69.4%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate32.1%
Median income$48,363
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0679, -87.9610 · click any tract to drill in
Why Center Street Marketplace 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
32.1% poverty · this tract
8.0
Supply constraint
$1,082 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 Center Street Marketplace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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
- 10%Grade B
- 90%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)
- 1,596Total filings over 13 yrs
- 21.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 32.1%Peak (2015)
- 154Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 73% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 521Total filings 2020-21
- 6.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 11.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.62×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.
- 34.5%Housing insecurity
- 24.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 47.3%Food insecurity
- 57.9%SNAP enrollment
- 24.2%Transit barriers
- 14.3%No health insurance
- 22.7%Frequent mental distress
- 43.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Center Street Marketplace
SNAP participation runs 57.9% against 15.2% nationally. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The poverty rate is 32%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.1/10. 69% 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.
Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8/10. 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.
The filing record is not thin: 1,596 evictions over 13 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2015, when 32.1% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 21.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079006200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079006200?
Census tract 55079006200 in the Center Street Marketplace 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 55079006200?
Median gross rent is $1,082/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079006200?
32.1% of residents in tract 55079006200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,437.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079006200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 43th, minority 96th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 55079006200 considered part of Center Street Marketplace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079006200 fall within Center Street Marketplace (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079006200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,596 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079006200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.64% of renter households, peaking at 32.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079006200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.62× 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 55079006200 struggle to pay rent?
About 34.5% 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. 24.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079006200 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079006200 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 55079006200 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.
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