Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Woodlawn Manor Eviction Risk: Lower , West Allis
Tract 55079101400 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,915 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 55079101400 covers part of the Woodlawn Manor area of West Allis, WI, and scores 3.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,915. 20% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Milwaukee County average of 45.8%.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,783
Renter share50.8%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate10.8%
Median income$71,205
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across West Allis and the region
Centroid at 43.0063, -88.0274 · click any tract to drill in
Why Woodlawn Manor scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from West Allis
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
10.8% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$807 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Allis
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Allis
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Allis
4.6
How Woodlawn Manor compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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
- 84%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)
- 202Total filings over 13 yrs
- 2.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.3%Peak (2015)
- 16Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 76Total filings 2020-21
- 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.68×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 10.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.3%Food insecurity
- 12.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 27.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Woodlawn Manor
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10.
Average gross rent is $807, 20% below the West Allis average. It sits 1.0 points below the Milwaukee County average of 4.5.
Court records carry 202 eviction filings across 13 observed years. The worst year on record was 2015, when 3.3% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 2.1% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 31% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 5.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $71,205, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079101400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079101400?
Census tract 55079101400 in the Woodlawn Manor neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 55079101400?
Median gross rent is $807/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079101400?
10.8% of residents in tract 55079101400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,915.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079101400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 77th, minority 40th, housing 78th.
Q5
Is tract 55079101400 considered part of Woodlawn Manor?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079101400 fall within Woodlawn Manor (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079101400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 202 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079101400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.11% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079101400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.68× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079101400 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.2% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079101400 compare to West Allis overall?
Tract 55079101400 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of West Allis at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Allis eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 55079101400 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in West Allis
Top eight tracts in West Allis ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Six Points
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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Greenfield Park
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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Six Points
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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Beloit Park Manor
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · WI
Six Points
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · WI
Beloit Park Manor
3.6
/ 10 · Low
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LaFollette Park
3.5
/ 10 · Low
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Lincoln Heights Terrace
3.4
/ 10 · Low
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