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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Avondale Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 55133202600 · Waukesha County, WI · pop 3,444 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

55133202600 is a census tract in the Avondale area of Waukesha County, WI. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,444 residents. Against Waukesha County at 40.0%, 60% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
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 neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Avondale
Elevated
Within parent city
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#3 of 22 tracts In city
Very High
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#13 of 98 tracts In Waukesha County
High
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#303 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
High
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 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Avondale risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 2026003.6Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 44

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

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 by year 2002 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 55133202600
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Avondale

29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The main counterweight is court filing pressure at 1.9/10.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.1/10. Against the Waukesha County average of 3.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Court records carry 71 eviction filings across 4 observed years.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.9/10. The worst year on record was 2013, when 3.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5/10. Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent runs $889 a month.

Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $55,971.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 55133202600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55133202600?

Census tract 55133202600 in the Avondale neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 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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