Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Rufus King Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079004300 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 4,622 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 55079004300 covers part of the Rufus King area of Milwaukee, WI, and scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. SNAP participation runs 43.0% against 15.2% nationally.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units1,969
Renter share66.9%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate25.1%
Median income$33,765
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0948, -87.9322 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rufus King 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
25.1% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$926 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 Rufus King compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 29%Grade B
- 28%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)
- 2,299Total filings over 13 yrs
- 17.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.4%Peak (2008)
- 193Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 79% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 776Total filings 2020-21
- 10.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 13.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.74×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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.
- 27.1%Housing insecurity
- 17.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.9%Food insecurity
- 43.0%SNAP enrollment
- 17.9%Transit barriers
- 13.1%No health insurance
- 19.3%Frequent mental distress
- 40.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rufus King
Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 36.9% against 17.8% nationally. Set annual rent against average income of $33,765 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.1/10. This is renter territory: 67% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.4/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
Court records carry 2,299 eviction filings across 13 observed years. At $926 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Milwaukee commands.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079004300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079004300?
Census tract 55079004300 in the Rufus King 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 55079004300?
Median gross rent is $926/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079004300?
25.1% of residents in tract 55079004300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,622.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079004300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 85th, minority 95th, housing 74th.
Q5
Is tract 55079004300 considered part of Rufus King?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079004300 fall within Rufus King (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079004300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,299 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079004300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.95% of renter households, peaking at 22.4% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079004300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.74× 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 55079004300 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.1% 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. 17.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079004300 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079004300 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 55079004300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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