Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Westlawn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079001200 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,131 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
55079001200 is a census tract in the Westlawn area of Milwaukee, WI. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,131. Severe burden reaches 45%. 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 60%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units1,062
Renter share80.3%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate51.0%
Median income$29,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
75
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 43.1262, -87.9862 · 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
51.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,026 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%Housing & transportation
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)
- 2,073Total filings over 13 yrs
- 22.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 27.4%Peak (2015)
- 205Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 49% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 883Total filings 2020-21
- 11.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 14.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.79×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.
- 37.7%Housing insecurity
- 27.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 56.3%Food insecurity
- 66.0%SNAP enrollment
- 28.7%Transit barriers
- 17.2%No health insurance
- 24.8%Frequent mental distress
- 45.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westlawn
Cost burden runs about three-quarters here against 45.8% across Milwaukee County. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 66.0% against 15.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 51%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Set annual rent against average income of $29,125 and the ratio lands at 42%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. This is renter territory: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.1/10. Disability prevalence runs 45.4% against 31.5% nationally. It sits 1.3 points above the Milwaukee County average of 4.5.
On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2,073 filings here across 13 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 27.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 22.2% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #20,506 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.4/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079001200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079001200?
Census tract 55079001200 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 55079001200?
Median gross rent is $1,026/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079001200?
51.0% of residents in tract 55079001200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,131.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079001200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 79th, minority 94th, housing 34th.
Q5
Is tract 55079001200 considered part of Westlawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079001200 fall within Westlawn (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079001200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,073 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079001200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 22.24% of renter households, peaking at 27.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079001200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.79× 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 55079001200 struggle to pay rent?
About 37.7% 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. 27.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079001200 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079001200 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.
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