Within neighborhood
29
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Westlawn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079001100 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,134 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 55079001100 in the Westlawn area of Milwaukee, WI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,134. 29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,149
Renter share63.8%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate19.1%
Median income$40,391
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.1277, -87.9690 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westlawn scores 5.4
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
19.1% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$977 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 Westlawn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 16%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)
- 876Total filings over 13 yrs
- 9.72%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.5%Peak (2014)
- 70Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 387Total filings 2020-21
- 5.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.94×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 Westlawn. 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.
- 26.8%Housing insecurity
- 17.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.8%Food insecurity
- 40.8%SNAP enrollment
- 17.1%Transit barriers
- 11.3%No health insurance
- 20.4%Frequent mental distress
- 36.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westlawn
56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.1/10. Housing insecurity runs 26.8% against 14.2% nationally.
Running hot, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 876 filings here across 13 tracked years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 11.5% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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.
Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079001100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079001100?
Census tract 55079001100 in the Westlawn neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 55079001100?
Median gross rent is $977/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079001100?
19.1% of residents in tract 55079001100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,134.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079001100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 30th, minority 91th, housing 45th.
Q5
Is tract 55079001100 considered part of Westlawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079001100 fall within Westlawn (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079001100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 876 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079001100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.72% of renter households, peaking at 11.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079001100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.94× 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 55079001100 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.8% 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. 17.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079001100 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079001100 scores 5.4/10, 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 55079001100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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