Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
Meadowmere Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079110100 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 4,096 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 55079110100 (the Meadowmere neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin) comes in at 5.8/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 66% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 35% of renter households, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $885 a month while the average household earns $48,976 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 67% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 44%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units1,990
Renter share67.3%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate16.0%
Median income$48,976
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 43.0124, -87.9710 · click any tract to drill in
Why Meadowmere scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Milwaukee
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
16.0% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$885 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Milwaukee
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Milwaukee
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Milwaukee
5.7
How Meadowmere compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 68%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
- 8%Grade B
- 15%Grade C
- 5%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)
- 443Total filings over 13 yrs
- 2.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.5%Peak (2014)
- 32Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 20% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 258Total filings 2020-21
- 3.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.02×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Milwaukee, WI as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Meadowmere. 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.
- 15.6%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.7%Food insecurity
- 19.2%SNAP enrollment
- 10.0%Transit barriers
- 13.6%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 30.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Meadowmere
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Milwaukee eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Milwaukee County average of 6.0 and above the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 443 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 2.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.5% of renter households in 2014.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 81st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079110100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079110100?
Census tract 55079110100 in the Meadowmere neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 55079110100?
Median gross rent is $885/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079110100?
16.0% of residents in tract 55079110100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,096.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079110100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 76th, minority 68th, housing 78th.
Q5
Is tract 55079110100 considered part of Meadowmere?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079110100 fall within Meadowmere (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079110100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 443 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079110100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.66% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079110100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.02× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079110100 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.6% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079110100 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079110100 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Milwaukee at 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 55079110100 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. 5% 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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