Within neighborhood
71
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Westlawn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079001800 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,407 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
With a score of 5.8/10, tract 55079001800 in the Westlawn area of Milwaukee, WI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,407 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.1/10.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 43%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units1,024
Renter share69.6%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate28.1%
Median income$36,932
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.1158, -87.9985 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westlawn 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
28.1% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$903 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%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
- 3%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)
- 1,370Total filings over 13 yrs
- 15.30%Avg annual filing rate
- 20.3%Peak (2012)
- 109Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 17% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 402Total filings 2020-21
- 5.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 8.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.58×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 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.
- 29.8%Housing insecurity
- 19.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 41.2%Food insecurity
- 48.8%SNAP enrollment
- 20.0%Transit barriers
- 14.1%No health insurance
- 21.5%Frequent mental distress
- 39.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westlawn
This is renter territory: 70% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Housing insecurity runs 29.8% against 14.2% nationally. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
The poverty rate is 28%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
Cost burden runs 39% here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 19.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Court records carry 1,370 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Average gross rent is $903, 15% below the Milwaukee average.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 20.3% of renter households were served.
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 55079001800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079001800?
Census tract 55079001800 in the Westlawn 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 55079001800?
Median gross rent is $903/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079001800?
28.1% of residents in tract 55079001800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,407.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079001800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 77th, minority 90th, housing 81th.
Q5
Is tract 55079001800 considered part of Westlawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079001800 fall within Westlawn (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079001800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,370 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079001800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.30% of renter households, peaking at 20.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079001800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.58× 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 55079001800 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.8% 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. 19.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079001800 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079001800 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 55079001800 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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