Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally

Center Street Marketplace Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee

Tract 55079009000 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 1,730 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

55079009000 is a census tract in the Center Street Marketplace area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,730 residents. SNAP participation runs 65.2% against 15.2% nationally.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 45% Stable renters 34% Owners 21%

Tract context

Occupied units638

Renter share79.3%

SVI overall0.85

Poverty rate33.5%

Median income$27,708

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region

Centroid at 43.0604, -87.9611 · click any tract to drill in

Why Center Street Marketplace 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

33.5% poverty · this tract

8.4

Supply constraint

$986 rent vs county FMR

2.8

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: 85

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

78%Socioeconomic
73%Household composition
95%Racial/ethnic minority
80%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
5%Grade B
95%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)

1,582Total filings over 13 yrs
20.58%Avg annual filing rate
22.3%Peak (2007)
114Filings in 2017 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2003 to 2017

Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

369Total filings 2020-21
4.8Avg monthly (observed)
9.1Pre-pandemic baseline
0.53×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 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.

39.1%Housing insecurity
28.8%Utility-shutoff threat
54.1%Food insecurity
65.2%SNAP enrollment
28.1%Transit barriers
16.7%No health insurance
24.8%Frequent mental distress
44.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Center Street Marketplace

31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Annualized rent equals 43% of average household income of $27,708, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 28.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. This is renter territory: 79% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The poverty rate is 34%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

What pushes it up most is economic stress at 8.4/10. Against Milwaukee County at 45.8%, 57% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.

It sits 1.3 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,582 filings here across 13 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2007 at 22.3% 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 55079009000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079009000?

Census tract 55079009000 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.

What is the average rent in tract 55079009000?

Median gross rent is $986/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 55079009000?

33.5% of residents in tract 55079009000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,730.

How socially vulnerable is tract 55079009000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 73th, minority 95th, housing 80th.

Is tract 55079009000 considered part of Center Street Marketplace?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079009000 fall within Center Street Marketplace (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079009000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,582 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079009000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.58% of renter households, peaking at 22.3% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 55079009000 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.53× 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 55079009000 struggle to pay rent?

About 39.1% 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. 28.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 55079009000 compare to Milwaukee overall?

Tract 55079009000 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 55079009000 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