Within neighborhood
43
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Old North Milwaukee Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 55079004200 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,282 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Tract 55079004200 sits in the Old North Milwaukee area of Milwaukee eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. Housing insecurity runs 34.5% against 14.2% nationally.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units1,147
Renter share70.6%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate22.7%
Median income$40,669
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0952, -87.9454 · 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
22.7% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$898 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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
- 100%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)
- 1,934Total filings over 13 yrs
- 23.20%Avg annual filing rate
- 27.5%Peak (2013)
- 170Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 21% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 594Total filings 2020-21
- 7.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 12.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.62×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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.
- 34.5%Housing insecurity
- 26.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 48.1%Food insecurity
- 60.3%SNAP enrollment
- 24.2%Transit barriers
- 13.7%No health insurance
- 21.9%Frequent mental distress
- 45.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Old North Milwaukee
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 26.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. 71% 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.
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.1/10. The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.1/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5.
The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 1,934 evictions over 13 years of observation. Average gross rent is $898, 15% below the Milwaukee average. Filings peaked in 2013 at 27.5% 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 23.2% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079004200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079004200?
Census tract 55079004200 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 55079004200?
Median gross rent is $898/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079004200?
22.7% of residents in tract 55079004200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,282.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079004200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 96th, minority 93th, housing 46th.
Q5
Is tract 55079004200 considered part of Old North Milwaukee?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079004200 fall within Old North Milwaukee (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079004200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,934 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079004200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 23.20% of renter households, peaking at 27.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079004200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.62× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079004200 struggle to pay rent?
About 34.5% 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. 26.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079004200 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079004200 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 55079004200 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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