Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
The Brewery Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079185900 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 910 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 55079185900 covers part of the The Brewery area of Milwaukee, WI, and scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 46%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units299
Renter share50.5%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate41.4%
Median income$47,578
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0538, -87.9323 · 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
41.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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)
- 250Total filings over 13 yrs
- 9.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.3%Peak (2009)
- 13Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 48% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 70Total filings 2020-21
- 0.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.66×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 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.
- 28.7%Housing insecurity
- 20.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 40.1%Food insecurity
- 47.9%SNAP enrollment
- 20.3%Transit barriers
- 13.2%No health insurance
- 20.0%Frequent mental distress
- 39.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in The Brewery
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 47.9% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 41%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Housing insecurity runs 28.7% against 14.2% nationally. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.
It sits 1.3 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
Court records carry 250 eviction filings across 13 observed years. roughly one in two of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%.
Filings peaked in 2009 at 15.3% 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. In a typical year about 9.7% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079185900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079185900?
Census tract 55079185900 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 poverty rate in tract 55079185900?
41.4% of residents in tract 55079185900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 910.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079185900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 86th, minority 95th, housing 82th.
Q4
Is tract 55079185900 considered part of The Brewery?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079185900 fall within The Brewery (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079185900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 250 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079185900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.73% of renter households, peaking at 15.3% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 55079185900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.66× 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.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55079185900 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.7% 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. 20.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55079185900 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079185900 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.
Q9
Was tract 55079185900 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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