15 census tracts · pop 43,693 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.6/10
· range 4.5–5.8
Westlawn spans 15 census tracts of Milwaukee, WI, population 43,693. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.6/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a Milwaukee baseline of 30.5%, 57% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
33% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity affects 40.8% of adults, 23.0 points above the national rate. The poverty rate is 29%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
20.0% 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. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 2.5/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 4.5 to 5.8, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.
Court records carry 16,710 eviction filings across its 15 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2017, when filings touched 39.9% of renter households. That places it #14 of 53 neighborhoods in Milwaukee.
Judgments average 8.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. The closest comparables inside the same city are Bronzeville and Cesar E. Chavez Drive. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Average gross rent runs $1,093, close to the Milwaukee average.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.3 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
15 tracts · population-weighted
Westlawn vs MilwaukeeHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority92%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport62%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Westlawn
Aggregated across 15 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
16,710Total filings (sum)
16.43%Avg annual filing rate
39.9%Peak year (2017)
17.66%Latest filed (2017)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
6,735Total filings 2020-21
5.8Avg monthly observed
7.7Pre-pandemic baseline
0.77×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 Westlawn
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
29.3%Housing insecurity
19.8%Utility shutoff threat
40.4%Food insecurity
47.4%SNAP enrollment
13.5%No health insurance
39.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Westlawn
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Westlawn?
Westlawn scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier) across 15 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 Westlawn compare to Milwaukee overall?
Westlawn scores 1.2 points higher than Milwaukee overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 57% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,093 vs $1,059.
Q3
What is the average rent in Westlawn?
Average gross rent in Westlawn is $1,093/month (pop-weighted across 15 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Westlawn residents are renters?
61% of Westlawn households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Milwaukee). The neighborhood has 43,693 residents.
Q5
Is Westlawn a high social-vulnerability area?
Westlawn sits in the 85th 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 Westlawn have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Westlawn is census tract 55079003100 (score 5.8/10). Across the 15 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.5 to 5.8, a spread of 1.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Westlawn for landlords?
Westlawn carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.6/10). Pop-weighted across 15 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 Westlawn?
Westlawn has 43,181 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (73.1%), White (non-Hispanic) (9.2%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (8.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
