Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Meadowmere Eviction Risk: Moderate , Milwaukee
Tract 55079019200 · Milwaukee County, WI · pop 3,227 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 55079019200 sits in the Meadowmere area of Milwaukee eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.3/10. It is home to 3,227 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.1/10.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,358
Renter share26.7%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate12.8%
Median income$58,393
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
24
th percentile
Low
Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milwaukee and the region
Centroid at 42.9928, -87.9858 · click any tract to drill in
Why Meadowmere scores 4.3
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
12.8% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,182 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 Meadowmere compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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
- 4%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)
- 186Total filings over 13 yrs
- 3.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2011)
- 21Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 91% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 127Total filings 2020-21
- 1.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.76×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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.
- 12.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.1%Food insecurity
- 16.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 11.5%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 30.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Meadowmere
On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10.
Against Milwaukee County at 45.8%, about half of renters here are cost-burdened. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 186 filings here across 13 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,182, 12% above the Milwaukee average.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 4.6% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 3.3% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 47% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55079019200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55079019200?
Census tract 55079019200 in the Meadowmere neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 55079019200?
Median gross rent is $1,182/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55079019200?
12.8% of residents in tract 55079019200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,227.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55079019200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 83th, minority 55th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 55079019200 considered part of Meadowmere?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55079019200 fall within Meadowmere (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55079019200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 186 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55079019200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.27% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 55079019200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.76× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Milwaukee eviction risk, WI), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 55079019200 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.6% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 55079019200 compare to Milwaukee overall?
Tract 55079019200 scores 4.3/10, right in line with 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 55079019200 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.
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