Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Pabst Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Milwaukee
Tract 55079090900 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 4,158 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 5.5/10, tract 55079090900 in the Pabst Park area of Milwaukee ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,158 residents. That is riskier than about 55% of US census tracts.
About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,042 monthly, set against $101,435 in average yearly household income, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,659
Renter share36.0%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$101,435
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0600, -87.9940 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pabst Park scores 2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Milwaukee
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,042 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Milwaukee
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Milwaukee
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Milwaukee
4.4
How Pabst Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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.
- 2%Grade A
- 61%Grade B
- 31%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)
- 149Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2009)
- 14Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 18% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 31Total filings 2020-21
- 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.51×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 Pabst 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.
- 6.6%Housing insecurity
- 3.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.3%Food insecurity
- 6.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 14.2%Frequent mental distress
- 21.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pabst Park
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Milwaukee eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Milwaukee County average of 6.0 and above the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 24th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079090900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079090900?
Census tract 55079090900 in the Pabst Park neighborhood scores 2/10 (Lower 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 55079090900?
Median gross rent is $1,042/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079090900?
4.5% of residents in tract 55079090900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,158.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079090900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 58th, minority 32th, housing 50th.
Q5
Is tract 55079090900 considered part of Pabst Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079090900 fall within Pabst Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079090900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 149 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079090900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.71% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079090900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.51× 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 55079090900 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.6% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079090900 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079090900 scores 2/10, lower than the parent city of Milwaukee at 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 55079090900 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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