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Neighborhood · Milwaukee, WI

Meadowmere Eviction Risk: Moderate

4 census tracts · pop 13,019 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.8/10 · range 3.9–5.8

Meadowmere is a 4-tract neighborhood of Milwaukee, WI and houses 13,019 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.8/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 41% against 30.5% citywide, putting Meadowmere 10.8% over its own city.

Scores across the 4 constituent tracts range from 3.9 to 5.8. A 1.9-point internal spread means block-level underwriting beats area-level here. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 7.2/10.

The severe-burden share is 13%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Filings are well documented here: 871 across 4 observed tracts.

SNAP participation is 25.0% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2014, when filings touched 6.0% of renter households. Food insecurity affects 26.7% of adults, 8.9 points above the national rate.

The most recent observed rate, 3.2% in 2017, is well off that peak. Among the 53 mapped neighborhoods of Milwaukee, it ranks #25 by risk, the middle third. For a like-for-like read, Lynndale and Downer Avenue score within a fraction of it.

Average gross rent runs $1,017, close to the Milwaukee average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $54,047.

47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 4.8 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
4 tracts · population-weighted
Meadowmere vs Milwaukee How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
41.3% +35%
Milwaukee: 30.5%
Average gross rent
$1,017 -4%
Milwaukee: $1,059
Average HH income
$54,047 +4%
Milwaukee: $51,888
Poverty rate
15.7% -33%
Milwaukee: 23.3%
Renter share
47.2% -19%
Milwaukee: 58.2%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Meadowmere and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 4 tracts span score 3.9–5.8

Why Meadowmere scores 4.8

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.9–2.9 across tracts
2.9
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 7.3–7.5 across tracts
7.4
Rent control risk
41% of income on rent · Range 2.5–4.4 across tracts
3.1
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.0–5.5 across tracts
4.7
Tenant organizing strength
47% renter households · Range 6.0–9.8 across tracts
7.2
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.5–5.7 across tracts
5.6
Economic stress
15.7% below poverty line · Range 2.2–6.4 across tracts
3.9
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.0–4.4 across tracts
3.1
Risk score comparison

Meadowmere vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Meadowmere score vs. parent city, state, U.S.4.8MeadowmereNeighborhood4.4Parent cityhost city3.9Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Meadowmere?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
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Spread of 1.9 points from 3.9 to 5.8. Moderate variation across constituent tracts.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

4 tracts in Meadowmere

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕ Score↕ Pop↕ % over 30% on rent↕ Average rent↕
55079017200 5.8 2,854 47% $1,094
55079110100 5.1 4,096 35% $885
55079019200 4.3 3,227 51% $1,182
55079017100 3.9 2,842 34% $944
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 71

Pop-weighted across 4 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 70%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 69%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 74%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 54%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Meadowmere

Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 871Total filings (sum)
  • 2.87%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.0%Peak year (2014)
  • 3.21%Latest filed (2017)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 447Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.6Avg monthly observed
  • 1.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.02×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee, WI).

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Meadowmere

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Meadowmere

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Meadowmere?

Meadowmere scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 4 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 Meadowmere compare to Milwaukee overall?

Meadowmere scores 0.4 points higher than Milwaukee overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 41% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,017 vs $1,059.
Q3

What is the average rent in Meadowmere?

Average gross rent in Meadowmere is $1,017/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Meadowmere residents are renters?

47% of Meadowmere households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Milwaukee). The neighborhood has 13,019 residents.
Q5

Is Meadowmere a high social-vulnerability area?

Meadowmere sits in the 71st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Meadowmere have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Meadowmere is census tract 55079017200 (score 5.8/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.9 to 5.8, a spread of 1.9 points.
Q7

How safe is Meadowmere for landlords?

Meadowmere carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.8/10). Pop-weighted across 4 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 Meadowmere?

Meadowmere has 12,755 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (52%), White (non-Hispanic) (33.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (6.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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