Within neighborhood
21
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Westlawn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079001500 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,264 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 55079001500 in the Westlawn area of Milwaukee, WI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 40%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,236
Renter share50.4%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate20.1%
Median income$45,612
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.1238, -88.0152 · 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
20.1% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,069 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%Housing & transportation
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)
- 1,717Total filings over 13 yrs
- 24.06%Avg annual filing rate
- 30.7%Peak (2017)
- 178Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 107% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 699Total filings 2020-21
- 9.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 11.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.77×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.
- 23.9%Housing insecurity
- 14.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.0%Food insecurity
- 37.1%SNAP enrollment
- 16.3%Transit barriers
- 12.8%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 36.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westlawn
Cost burden runs 72% here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County. Food insecurity runs 34.0% against 17.8% nationally.
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10.
Housing insecurity runs 23.9% against 14.2% nationally. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. The filing record is not thin: 1,717 evictions over 13 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2017 at 30.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 24.1% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.9/10.
Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.
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 55079001500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079001500?
Census tract 55079001500 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 55079001500?
Median gross rent is $1,069/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079001500?
20.1% of residents in tract 55079001500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,264.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079001500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 91th, minority 90th, housing 62th.
Q5
Is tract 55079001500 considered part of Westlawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079001500 fall within Westlawn (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079001500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,717 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079001500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 24.06% of renter households, peaking at 30.7% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079001500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.77× 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 55079001500 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.9% 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. 14.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079001500 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079001500 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.
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