Within neighborhood
71
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Old North Milwaukee Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 55079002600 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,316 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
55079002600 is a census tract in the Old North Milwaukee area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. 49% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units891
Renter share54.0%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate43.4%
Median income$29,854
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
87
th percentile
High
Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.1007, -87.9619 · click any tract to drill in
Why Old North Milwaukee scores 5.8
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
43.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,067 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 93%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
- 99%Grade C
- 2%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)
- 988Total filings over 13 yrs
- 13.41%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.2%Peak (2017)
- 101Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 17% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 384Total filings 2020-21
- 5.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.76×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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.
- 38.3%Housing insecurity
- 28.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 53.1%Food insecurity
- 65.2%SNAP enrollment
- 27.3%Transit barriers
- 16.9%No health insurance
- 23.6%Frequent mental distress
- 46.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Old North Milwaukee
Cost burden runs 70% here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. Food insecurity runs 53.1% against 17.8% nationally.
The poverty rate is 43%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Set annual rent against average income of $29,854 and the ratio lands at 43%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Disability prevalence runs 46.9% against 31.5% nationally. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.
Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
Court records carry 988 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Filings peaked in 2017 at 15.2% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 13.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #20,506 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.7/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079002600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079002600?
Census tract 55079002600 in the Old North Milwaukee neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 55079002600?
Median gross rent is $1,067/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079002600?
43.4% of residents in tract 55079002600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,316.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079002600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 88th, minority 93th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 55079002600 considered part of Old North Milwaukee?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079002600 fall within Old North Milwaukee (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079002600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 988 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079002600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.41% of renter households, peaking at 15.2% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079002600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.76× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079002600 struggle to pay rent?
About 38.3% 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. 28.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079002600 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079002600 scores 5.8/10, 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 55079002600 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. 2% 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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