Neighborhood · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally
Harambee Eviction Risk: Elevated , Milwaukee
Tract 55079004500 ·
Milwaukee County, WI · pop 1,771 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 55079004500 sits in the Harambee neighborhood of Milwaukee eviction risk, Wisconsin eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.6/10. That is riskier than roughly 88% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 69% of renter households, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,014 monthly, set against $36,359 in average yearly household income, roughly 33% of income at the averages. Renters make up 67% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 46%Stable renters 21%Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units633
Renter share66.5%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate30.5%
Median income$36,359
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0th percentile
#2 of 2 tracts In Harambee
Very Low
Within parent city
76th percentile
#52 of 210 tracts In Milwaukee
High
Within county
80th percentile
#62 of 301 tracts In Milwaukee County
High
Within state
96th percentile
#62 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0855, -87.9223 · click any tract to drill in
Why Harambee scores 6.1
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
30.5% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$1,014 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Harambee 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.
94%Socioeconomic
38%Household composition
99%Racial/ethnic minority
68%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
2%Grade B
98%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)
892Total filings over 13 yrs
12.95%Avg annual filing rate
16.9%Peak (2015)
83Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2003 to 2017
Filings climbed 51% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
263Total filings 2020-21
3.4Avg monthly (observed)
5.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.58×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 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.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
30.9%Housing insecurity
21.5%Utility-shutoff threat
42.6%Food insecurity
52.0%SNAP enrollment
20.9%Transit barriers
13.4%No health insurance
20.5%Frequent mental distress
42.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Harambee
The heaviest input here is economic stress at 7.6/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Milwaukee eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Milwaukee County average of 6.0 and above the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 85th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 30.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 21.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079004500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079004500?
Census tract 55079004500 in the Harambee neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 55079004500?
Median gross rent is $1,014/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079004500?
30.5% of residents in tract 55079004500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,771.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079004500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 38th, minority 99th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 55079004500 considered part of Harambee?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079004500 fall within Harambee (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079004500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 892 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079004500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.95% of renter households, peaking at 16.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079004500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.58× 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 55079004500 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.9% 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. 21.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079004500 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079004500 scores 6.1/10, higher than the parent city of Milwaukee at 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 55079004500 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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