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Neighborhood · Milwaukee, WI

Sherman Park Eviction Risk: Moderate

4 census tracts · pop 9,785 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.7/10 · range 5–5.8

Sherman Park is a 4-tract suburb of Milwaukee, WI, population 9,785. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.7/10, Moderate tier. Severe burden reaches 42%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.

65% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well clear of the Milwaukee rate of 30.5%. SNAP participation is 59.7% of households versus 15.2% nationally. 26.3% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. The poverty rate is 33%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. The strongest single driver of the headline number is economic stress at 8.2/10.

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 two streets over. Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 2.5/10. Filings are well documented here: 3,918 across 4 observed tracts.

Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.7/10. The worst year on record was 2017, when filings touched 28.5% of renter households.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
4 tracts · population-weighted
Sherman Park vs Milwaukee How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
65.0% +113%
Milwaukee: 30.5%
Average gross rent
$971 -8%
Milwaukee: $1,059
Average HH income
$31,578 -39%
Milwaukee: $51,888
Poverty rate
32.6% +40%
Milwaukee: 23.3%
Renter share
67.1% +15%
Milwaukee: 58.2%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Sherman Park and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 4 tracts span score 5–5.8

Why Sherman Park scores 5.7

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.9–2.9 across tracts
2.9
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Rent control risk
65% of income on rent · Range 2.5–2.5 across tracts
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
67% renter households · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Economic stress
32.6% below poverty line · Range 4.9–9.9 across tracts
8.2
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.1–3.2 across tracts
2.7
Risk score comparison

Sherman Park vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Sherman Park score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Sherman Park: 5.75.7Sherman ParkNeighborhoodParent city: 4.44.4Parent cityhost cityState: 3.93.9Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Sherman Park?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
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Spread of 0.8 points from 5 to 5.8. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

4 tracts in Sherman Park

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
55079004700 5.8 3,716 75% $1,029
55079006500 5.8 2,311 69% $995
55079004000 5.8 2,200 54% $896
55079003600 5 1,558 49% $900
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 81

Pop-weighted across 4 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 84%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 73%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 97%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 52%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Sherman Park

Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 3,918Total filings (sum)
  • 13.60%Avg annual filing rate
  • 28.5%Peak year (2017)
  • 14.62%Latest filed (2017)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 1,462Total filings 2020-21
  • 5.3Avg monthly observed
  • 7.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.75×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee, WI).

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Sherman Park

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Sherman Park

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Sherman Park?

Sherman Park scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier) across 4 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Sherman Park compare to Milwaukee overall?

Sherman Park scores 1.3 points higher than Milwaukee overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 65% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $971 vs $1,059.
Q3

What is the average rent in Sherman Park?

Average gross rent in Sherman Park is $971/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Sherman Park residents are renters?

67% of Sherman Park households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Milwaukee). The neighborhood has 9,785 residents.
Q5

Is Sherman Park a high social-vulnerability area?

Sherman Park sits in the 81st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Sherman Park have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Sherman Park is census tract 55079004700 (score 5.8/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5 to 5.8, a spread of 0.8 points.
Q7

How safe is Sherman Park for landlords?

Sherman Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.7/10). Pop-weighted across 4 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Milwaukee as a whole (4.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Sherman Park?

Sherman Park has 10,112 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (93.2%), White (non-Hispanic) (2.4%), Hispanic / Latino (2.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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