Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
The Brewery Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079186200 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 1,236 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 55079186200 covers part of the The Brewery area of Milwaukee, WI, and scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,236 residents. Severe burden reaches 38%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units425
Renter share68.5%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate42.1%
Median income$30,433
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
96
th percentile
Very High
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0486, -87.9324 · click any tract to drill in
Why The Brewery 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
42.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$759 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 The Brewery compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 100%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)
- 260Total filings over 13 yrs
- 6.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.4%Peak (2003)
- 23Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 44% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 76Total filings 2020-21
- 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.70×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 The Brewery. 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.
- 29.8%Housing insecurity
- 20.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 42.0%Food insecurity
- 49.5%SNAP enrollment
- 20.7%Transit barriers
- 14.6%No health insurance
- 20.3%Frequent mental distress
- 41.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in The Brewery
The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. Against Milwaukee County at 45.8%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened. Food insecurity runs 42.0% against 17.8% nationally.
The poverty rate is 42%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.
At $759 a month, rents run 28% under what the rest of Milwaukee commands. 68% 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.
Housing insecurity runs 29.8% against 14.2% 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 260 filings here across 13 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2003 at 10.4% of renter households.
This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Milwaukee Co. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079186200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079186200?
Census tract 55079186200 in the The Brewery 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 55079186200?
Median gross rent is $759/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079186200?
42.1% of residents in tract 55079186200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,236.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079186200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 83th, minority 94th, housing 99th.
Q5
Is tract 55079186200 considered part of The Brewery?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079186200 fall within The Brewery (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079186200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 260 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079186200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.31% of renter households, peaking at 10.4% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079186200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.70× 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 55079186200 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.8% 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. 20.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079186200 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079186200 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 55079186200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 100% 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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