Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Sheraton Lawns Eviction Risk: Lower , Milwaukee
Tract 55079005500 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,078 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
55079005500 is a census tract in the Sheraton Lawns area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,078. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,319
Renter share16.8%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$93,603
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0824, -88.0328 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sheraton Lawns scores 3
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
7.8% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,030 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 Sheraton Lawns compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 99%Grade B
- 1%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)
- 110Total filings over 13 yrs
- 4.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2016)
- 11Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 57% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 63Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.05×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Sheraton Lawns. 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.
- 8.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.8%Food insecurity
- 9.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 6.1%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 22.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sheraton Lawns
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2/10.
Against the Milwaukee County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.5 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
Court records carry 110 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Food insecurity runs 9.8% against 17.8% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 4.5% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 4.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.5/10. Against average income of $93,603, annual rent is just 13%.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079005500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079005500?
Census tract 55079005500 in the Sheraton Lawns neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 55079005500?
Median gross rent is $1,030/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079005500?
7.8% of residents in tract 55079005500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,078.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079005500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 17th, minority 51th, housing 5th.
Q5
Is tract 55079005500 considered part of Sheraton Lawns?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079005500 fall within Sheraton Lawns (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079005500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 110 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079005500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.59% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079005500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.05× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079005500 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.8% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079005500 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079005500 scores 3/10, lower 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 55079005500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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