Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Avondale Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55133202600 · Waukesha County, WI · pop 3,444 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Tract 55133202600, home to 3,444 residents in the Avondale area of Waukesha, scores 4.2/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 15% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 60% of renter households, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $889 a month against an average household income of $55,971 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,181
Renter share49.6%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate15.4%
Median income$55,971
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Waukesha County and the region
Centroid at 43.0063, -88.2311 · click any tract to drill in
Why Avondale scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
15.4% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$889 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Avondale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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)
- 71Total filings over 4 yrs
- 2.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2013)
- 27Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 170% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Avondale. 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.
- 11.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.0%Food insecurity
- 14.7%SNAP enrollment
- 9.0%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 31.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Avondale
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by Wisconsin eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 44th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55133202600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55133202600?
Census tract 55133202600 in the Avondale neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 55133202600?
Median gross rent is $889/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55133202600?
15.4% of residents in tract 55133202600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,444.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55133202600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 3th, minority 29th, housing 92th.
Q5
Is tract 55133202600 considered part of Avondale?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55133202600 fall within Avondale (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55133202600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 71 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 55133202600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.48% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55133202600 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.8% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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