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Neighborhood · Ranked #79,998 of 84,120 nationally

Rainbow Gardens Eviction Risk: Lower , Brookfield

Tract 55133201102 · Waukesha County, WI · pop 3,402 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 55133201102 (the Rainbow Gardens area of Brookfield, Wisconsin) comes in at 4.1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 13% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,764 a month against an average household income of $120,243 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.

Risk score
1.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 6% Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,337
Renter share11.3%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$120,243

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Rainbow Gardens
Moderate
Within parent city
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 11 tracts In Brookfield
Elevated
Within county
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#65 of 98 tracts In Waukesha County
Low
Within state
5 th percentile
Rank, 5th percentileLowHigh
#1,454 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brookfield and the region

Centroid at 43.0238, -88.0825 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rainbow Gardens scores 1.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Brookfield
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,764 rent vs county FMR
9.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brookfield
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brookfield
4.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brookfield
3.2

How Rainbow Gardens compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Rainbow Gardens risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.41.4This tracttract 201102Brookfield: 2.72.7Brookfieldparent cityCounty: 1.91.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 9

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 9Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 9.31%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.2%Peak (2010)
  • 1Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 551332011022002: 2 filings (8.33/100 renter HHs)2009: 1 filings (12.50/100 renter HHs)2010: 5 filings (13.16/100 renter HHs)2013: 1 filings (3.23/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 4 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rainbow Gardens

What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Brookfield 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 Waukesha County average of 3.8 and below the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 55133201102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55133201102?

Census tract 55133201102 in the Rainbow Gardens neighborhood scores 1.4/10 (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 55133201102?

Median gross rent is $1,764/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55133201102?

4.2% of residents in tract 55133201102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,402.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55133201102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 15th, minority 41th, housing 16th.
Q5

Is tract 55133201102 considered part of Rainbow Gardens?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55133201102 fall within Rainbow Gardens (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55133201102?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 9 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 55133201102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.31% of renter households, peaking at 13.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55133201102 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.0% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55133201102 compare to Brookfield overall?

Tract 55133201102 scores 1.4/10, lower than the parent city of Brookfield at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brookfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 55133201102 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 Brookfield

Top eight tracts in Brookfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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