Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
University Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079014700 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,428 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
55079014700 is a census tract in the University Hill area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,428 residents. Severe burden reaches 42%. 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 59%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units701
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate79.1%
Median income$20,315
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0422, -87.9355 · click any tract to drill in
Why University Hill 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
79.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$855 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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 University Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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)
- 276Total filings over 13 yrs
- 2.38%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.1%Peak (2003)
- 19Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 54% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 64Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.68×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 University Hill. 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.
- 25.0%Housing insecurity
- 17.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 44.4%Food insecurity
- 51.6%SNAP enrollment
- 27.9%Transit barriers
- 15.4%No health insurance
- 31.3%Frequent mental distress
- 44.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in University Hill
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 51.6% against 15.2% nationally. Set annual rent against average income of $20,315 and the ratio lands at 51%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
The poverty rate is 79%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. 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.
Average gross rent is $855, 19% below the Milwaukee average. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The filing record is not thin: 276 evictions over 13 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2003 at 4.1% 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.
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 55079014700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079014700?
Census tract 55079014700 in the University Hill 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 55079014700?
Median gross rent is $855/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079014700?
79.1% of residents in tract 55079014700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,428.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079014700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 0th, minority 55th, housing 95th.
Q5
Is tract 55079014700 considered part of University Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079014700 fall within University Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079014700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 276 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079014700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.38% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079014700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.68× 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 55079014700 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.0% 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. 17.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079014700 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079014700 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 55079014700 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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