Within neighborhood
79
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Westlawn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079001900 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,509 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 5.8/10, tract 55079001900 in the Westlawn area of Milwaukee, WI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,509. The severe-burden share is 39%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,115
Renter share60.5%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate26.3%
Median income$35,699
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.1157, -87.9837 · 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
26.3% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$1,087 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 2%Grade C
- 4%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)
- 800Total filings over 13 yrs
- 10.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.2%Peak (2003)
- 74Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 27% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 334Total filings 2020-21
- 4.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.92×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.
- 30.8%Housing insecurity
- 21.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 43.3%Food insecurity
- 52.8%SNAP enrollment
- 21.2%Transit barriers
- 13.8%No health insurance
- 21.4%Frequent mental distress
- 42.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westlawn
SNAP participation runs 52.8% against 15.2% nationally. Cost burden runs 59% here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County. Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income of $35,699, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.1/10. The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 21.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
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.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 800 evictions over 13 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2003, when 16.2% of renter households were served.
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 10.7% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 76th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079001900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079001900?
Census tract 55079001900 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 55079001900?
Median gross rent is $1,087/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079001900?
26.3% of residents in tract 55079001900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,509.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079001900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 80th, minority 93th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 55079001900 considered part of Westlawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079001900 fall within Westlawn (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079001900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 800 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079001900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.71% of renter households, peaking at 16.2% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079001900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.92× 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 55079001900 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.8% 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. 21.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079001900 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079001900 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 55079001900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 4% 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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