Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Center Street Marketplace Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079009100 ·
Milwaukee County, WI · pop 1,676 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
With a score of 5.8/10, tract 55079009100 in the Center Street Marketplace area of Milwaukee, WI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,676. Food insecurity runs 48.9% against 17.8% nationally.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%Stable renters 34%Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units652
Renter share70.6%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate36.5%
Median income$42,976
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
89th percentile
#3 of 19 tracts In Center Street Marketplace
High
Within parent city
95th percentile
#11 of 210 tracts In Milwaukee
Very High
Within county
99th percentile
#4 of 301 tracts In Milwaukee County
Very High
Within state
98th percentile
#29 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0607, -87.9685 · 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
36.5% poverty · this tract
9.1
Supply constraint
$1,007 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
94%Socioeconomic
91%Household composition
91%Racial/ethnic minority
41%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
49%Grade B
49%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)
1,181Total filings over 13 yrs
17.35%Avg annual filing rate
21.8%Peak (2014)
99Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2003 to 2017
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
418Total filings 2020-21
5.4Avg monthly (observed)
7.8Pre-pandemic baseline
0.70×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. 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.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
35.7%Housing insecurity
26.4%Utility-shutoff threat
48.9%Food insecurity
59.8%SNAP enrollment
25.3%Transit barriers
14.9%No health insurance
23.4%Frequent mental distress
42.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Center Street Marketplace
34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Housing insecurity runs 35.7% against 14.2% nationally. The dominant input is economic stress at 9.1/10.
The poverty rate is 36%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 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 nearby.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
Cost burden runs 52% here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,181 filings here across 13 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 21.8% 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.
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 55079009100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079009100?
Census tract 55079009100 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 55079009100?
Median gross rent is $1,007/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079009100?
36.5% of residents in tract 55079009100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,676.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079009100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 91th, minority 91th, housing 41th.
Q5
Is tract 55079009100 considered part of Center Street Marketplace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079009100 fall within Center Street Marketplace (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079009100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,181 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079009100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.35% of renter households, peaking at 21.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079009100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.70× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079009100 struggle to pay rent?
About 35.7% 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. 26.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079009100 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079009100 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 55079009100 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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