Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Hegelmeyer's Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079019800 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 5,659 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
55079019800 is a census tract in the Hegelmeyer's area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 4.7/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units2,106
Renter share35.4%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate17.6%
Median income$61,618
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
36
th percentile
Low
Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 42.9821, -87.9897 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hegelmeyer's scores 4.7
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
17.6% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,037 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Hegelmeyer's compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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
- 0%Grade B
- 12%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)
- 229Total filings over 13 yrs
- 2.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2010)
- 17Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 116Total filings 2020-21
- 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.11×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 14.8%Housing insecurity
- 8.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.1%Food insecurity
- 21.5%SNAP enrollment
- 10.1%Transit barriers
- 13.5%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 33.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hegelmeyer's
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.1/10. 37% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 229 filings here across 13 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2010 at 3.5% of renter households. 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 2.3% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. It tracks the Milwaukee County average of 4.5 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,037, close to the Milwaukee average. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $61,618.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079019800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079019800?
Census tract 55079019800 in the Hegelmeyer's neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 55079019800?
Median gross rent is $1,037/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079019800?
17.6% of residents in tract 55079019800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,659.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079019800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 52th, minority 64th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 55079019800 considered part of Hegelmeyer's?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079019800 fall within Hegelmeyer's (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079019800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 229 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079019800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.31% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079019800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.11× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079019800 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.8% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079019800 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079019800 scores 4.7/10, 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 55079019800 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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