Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Old North Milwaukee Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 55079002200 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,086 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Census tract 55079002200 covers part of the Old North Milwaukee area of Milwaukee, WI, and scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,086. Against Milwaukee County at 45.8%, 78% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units909
Renter share51.4%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate19.9%
Median income$60,722
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.1148, -87.9301 · click any tract to drill in
Why Old North Milwaukee scores 4.9
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
19.9% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,537 rent vs county FMR
7.2
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 Old North Milwaukee compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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
- 11%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)
- 419Total filings over 13 yrs
- 11.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 28.5%Peak (2017)
- 75Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 213% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 244Total filings 2020-21
- 3.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.01×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Old North Milwaukee. 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.
- 20.0%Housing insecurity
- 12.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.5%Food insecurity
- 29.7%SNAP enrollment
- 13.1%Transit barriers
- 10.3%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 32.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Old North Milwaukee
At $1,537 a month, rents run 45% over what the rest of Milwaukee commands. Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.1/10.
SNAP participation runs 29.7% against 15.2% nationally. The voucher gap is 22.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. Court records carry 419 eviction filings across 13 observed years.
Food insecurity runs 25.5% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2017 at 28.5% 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 11.7% of renter households face a filing.
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 55079002200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079002200?
Census tract 55079002200 in the Old North Milwaukee neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 55079002200?
Median gross rent is $1,537/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 78% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079002200?
19.9% of residents in tract 55079002200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,086.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079002200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 99th, minority 81th, housing 50th.
Q5
Is tract 55079002200 considered part of Old North Milwaukee?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079002200 fall within Old North Milwaukee (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079002200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 419 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079002200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.65% of renter households, peaking at 28.5% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079002200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.01× 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 55079002200 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.0% 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. 12.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079002200 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079002200 scores 4.9/10, 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 55079002200 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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