Westlawn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee

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.