Within neighborhood
14
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Westlawn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079002900 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,381 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 55079002900 covers part of the Westlawn area of Milwaukee, WI, and scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. SNAP participation runs 41.0% against 15.2% nationally.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units712
Renter share54.1%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate19.4%
Median income$46,667
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.1083, -87.9813 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westlawn scores 5.2
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
19.4% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,267 rent vs county FMR
5.1
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: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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)
- 557Total filings over 13 yrs
- 13.68%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.9%Peak (2015)
- 42Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 296Total filings 2020-21
- 3.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.87×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.
- 27.8%Housing insecurity
- 17.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.6%Food insecurity
- 41.0%SNAP enrollment
- 18.2%Transit barriers
- 13.6%No health insurance
- 21.2%Frequent mental distress
- 37.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westlawn
26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Set annual rent against average income of $46,667 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.1/10.
On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,267, 20% above the Milwaukee average. 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. The filing record is not thin: 557 evictions over 13 years of observation. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. Filings peaked in 2015 at 15.9% 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 13.7% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079002900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079002900?
Census tract 55079002900 in the Westlawn neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 55079002900?
Median gross rent is $1,267/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079002900?
19.4% of residents in tract 55079002900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,381.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079002900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 74th, minority 91th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 55079002900 considered part of Westlawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079002900 fall within Westlawn (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079002900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 557 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079002900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.68% of renter households, peaking at 15.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079002900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.87× 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 55079002900 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.8% 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. 17.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079002900 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079002900 scores 5.2/10, 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 55079002900 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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