Within neighborhood
93
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Westlawn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079002500 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 2,272 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
Tract 55079002500 sits in the Westlawn area of Milwaukee eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. Severe burden reaches 56%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units749
Renter share66.8%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate37.6%
Median income$26,181
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.1080, -87.9622 · 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
37.6% poverty · this tract
9.4
Supply constraint
$985 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 94%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
- 100%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)
- 1,353Total filings over 13 yrs
- 25.19%Avg annual filing rate
- 29.1%Peak (2017)
- 140Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 61% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 571Total filings 2020-21
- 7.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 8.6Pre-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.
- 36.5%Housing insecurity
- 27.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 50.6%Food insecurity
- 62.2%SNAP enrollment
- 25.8%Transit barriers
- 15.7%No health insurance
- 23.2%Frequent mental distress
- 45.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westlawn
Cost burden runs 63% here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County. Food insecurity runs 50.6% against 17.8% nationally. The dominant input is economic stress at 9.4/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $26,181 and the ratio lands at 45%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The poverty rate is 38%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 67% 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.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Disability prevalence runs 45.0% against 31.5% nationally.
It sits 1.3 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Court records carry 1,353 eviction filings across 13 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2017, when 29.1% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 25.2% 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 55079002500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079002500?
Census tract 55079002500 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 55079002500?
Median gross rent is $985/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079002500?
37.6% of residents in tract 55079002500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,272.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079002500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 38th, minority 94th, housing 81th.
Q5
Is tract 55079002500 considered part of Westlawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079002500 fall within Westlawn (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079002500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,353 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079002500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 25.19% of renter households, peaking at 29.1% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079002500 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 55079002500 struggle to pay rent?
About 36.5% 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. 27.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079002500 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079002500 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 55079002500 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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