Old North Milwaukee Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 55079002300 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 4,405 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
55079002300 is a census tract in the Old North Milwaukee area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,405. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.1060, -87.9362 · click any tract to drill in
Why Old North Milwaukee scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Old North Milwaukee compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%Housing & transportation
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
- 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.
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)
- 883Total filings over 13 yrs
- 7.57%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.6%Peak (2013)
- 64Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 333Total filings 2020-21
- 4.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.72×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Old North Milwaukee. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 29.5%Housing insecurity
- 19.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 40.6%Food insecurity
- 49.0%SNAP enrollment
- 19.5%Transit barriers
- 13.1%No health insurance
- 20.1%Frequent mental distress
- 41.1%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Old North Milwaukee
70% 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 dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.1/10.
Housing insecurity runs 29.5% against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 2/10. Cost burden runs 37% here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County. It sits 1.3 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 19.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Average gross rent is $875, 17% below the Milwaukee average.
Court records carry 883 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Filings peaked in 2013 at 10.6% 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.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
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