Westlawn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee

Housing insecurity runs 32.5% against 14.2% nationally. 75% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. The poverty rate is 31%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.1/10. The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 23.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 7.7/10. Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.4/10.

Court records carry 682 eviction filings across 13 observed years. At $928 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Milwaukee commands. The worst year on record was 2013, when 16.2% of renter households were served.

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.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.