Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Historic Financial District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079014300 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,454 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
55079014300 is a census tract in the Historic Financial District area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 4.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,454 residents. 27% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 55%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units1,850
Renter share75.2%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate18.4%
Median income$68,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
31
th percentile
Low
Within county
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
75
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0427, -87.9010 · click any tract to drill in
Why Historic Financial District scores 4.6
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
18.4% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,111 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Historic Financial District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 74%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)
- 138Total filings over 13 yrs
- 0.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.2%Peak (2007)
- 7Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 42% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 209Total filings 2020-21
- 2.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 3.29×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.6%Food insecurity
- 10.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 24.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Historic Financial District
75% 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. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.1/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10. The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 138 filings here across 13 tracked years. Food insecurity runs 10.6% against 17.8% nationally. The worst year on record was 2007, when 1.2% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 0.8% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
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 55079014300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079014300?
Census tract 55079014300 in the Historic Financial District neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 55079014300?
Median gross rent is $1,111/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079014300?
18.4% of residents in tract 55079014300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,454.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079014300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 1th, minority 30th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 55079014300 considered part of Historic Financial District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079014300 fall within Historic Financial District (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079014300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 138 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079014300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.76% of renter households, peaking at 1.2% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079014300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.29× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079014300 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079014300 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079014300 scores 4.6/10, right in line with 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 55079014300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 74% 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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