10 census tracts · pop 16,153 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.7/10
· range 4.7–5.8
SOHI spans 10 census tracts of Milwaukee, WI, population 16,153. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.7/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs roughly one in two against 30.5% citywide, putting SOHI 21.8% over its own city.
SNAP participation is 46.0% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 42%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
32% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The strongest single driver of the headline number is economic stress at 8.9/10.
This is a renter market: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool is supply constraint, at 1.6/10.
18.9% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Average gross rent is $815, 23% below the Milwaukee average of $1,059.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 4.7 to 5.8, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Filings are well documented here: 11,098 across 10 observed tracts. On the softer side is rent-regulation exposure, at 2.5/10.
The worst year on record was 2017, when filings touched 29.8% of renter households. Among the 53 mapped neighborhoods of Milwaukee, it ranks #12 by risk, the upper third.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.7 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
10 tracts · population-weighted
SOHI vs MilwaukeeHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority86%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport81%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in SOHI
Aggregated across 10 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
11,098Total filings (sum)
13.68%Avg annual filing rate
29.8%Peak year (2017)
16.80%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
4,019Total filings 2020-21
5.4Avg monthly observed
6.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.77×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee, WI).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in SOHI
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
27.7%Housing insecurity
19.0%Utility shutoff threat
40.3%Food insecurity
46.5%SNAP enrollment
15.3%No health insurance
39.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About SOHI
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for SOHI?
SOHI scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier) across 10 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does SOHI compare to Milwaukee overall?
SOHI scores 1.3 points higher than Milwaukee overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 52% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $815 vs $1,059.
Q3
What is the average rent in SOHI?
Average gross rent in SOHI is $815/month (pop-weighted across 10 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of SOHI residents are renters?
80% of SOHI households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Milwaukee). The neighborhood has 16,153 residents.
Q5
Is SOHI a high social-vulnerability area?
SOHI sits in the 89th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in SOHI have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in SOHI is census tract 55079014800 (score 5.8/10). Across the 10 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.7 to 5.8, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q7
How safe is SOHI for landlords?
SOHI carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.7/10). Pop-weighted across 10 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Milwaukee as a whole (4.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of SOHI?
SOHI has 16,380 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (51%), White (non-Hispanic) (17.5%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (12.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
