Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Sherman Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079003600 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 1,558 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
With a score of 5/10, tract 55079003600 in the Sherman Park area of Milwaukee, WI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,558 residents. Severe burden reaches 40%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units589
Renter share53.1%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate19.4%
Median income$53,107
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0927, -87.9832 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sherman Park scores 5
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
19.4% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$900 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 Sherman Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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.
- 16%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 84%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)
- 417Total filings over 13 yrs
- 8.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.1%Peak (2017)
- 56Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 93% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 259Total filings 2020-21
- 3.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.16×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 Sherman Park. 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.
- 22.8%Housing insecurity
- 14.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.9%Food insecurity
- 34.0%SNAP enrollment
- 14.3%Transit barriers
- 9.5%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 34.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sherman Park
SNAP participation runs 34.0% against 15.2% nationally. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.1/10.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Housing insecurity runs 22.8% against 14.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 417 evictions over 13 years of observation.
Average gross rent is $900, 15% below the Milwaukee average. Filings peaked in 2017 at 12.1% 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 8.8% 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 55079003600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079003600?
Census tract 55079003600 in the Sherman Park neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 55079003600?
Median gross rent is $900/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079003600?
19.4% of residents in tract 55079003600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,558.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079003600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 66th, minority 91th, housing 29th.
Q5
Is tract 55079003600 considered part of Sherman Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079003600 fall within Sherman Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079003600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 417 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079003600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.78% of renter households, peaking at 12.1% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079003600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.16× 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 55079003600 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.8% 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. 14.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079003600 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079003600 scores 5/10, 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 55079003600 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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