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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Civic Center Eviction Risk: Lower , Brookfield

Tract 55133200902 · Waukesha County, WI · pop 3,942 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Census tract 55133200902 covers part of the Civic Center area of Brookfield, WI, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,942 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 3% Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,385
Renter share3.5%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate0.8%
Median income$137,538

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Civic Center
Very Low
Within parent city
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 11 tracts In Brookfield
Moderate
Within county
6 th percentile
Rank, 6th percentileLowHigh
#92 of 98 tracts In Waukesha County
Very Low
Within state
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#1,083 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brookfield and the region

Centroid at 43.0732, -88.1105 · click any tract to drill in

Why Civic Center scores 3

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
0.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Civic Center compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Civic Center risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 2009023.4Brookfieldparent city3.6Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 6

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)

  • 3Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 5.08%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.3%Peak (2013)
  • 2Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 55133200902
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Civic Center. 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 Civic Center

Cost burden runs 29% here against 40.0% across Waukesha County. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.9/10.

Food insecurity runs 5.6% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 5.2% against 14.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 3 evictions over 2 years of observation.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.9/10. Against the Waukesha County average of 3.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points. Filings peaked in 2013 at 8.3% of renter households.

In a typical year about 5.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 4% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.6/10. Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 55133200902

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55133200902?

Census tract 55133200902 in the Civic Center neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 55133200902?

0.8% of residents in tract 55133200902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,942.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 55133200902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 17th, minority 23th, housing 23th.
Q4

Is tract 55133200902 considered part of Civic Center?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55133200902 fall within Civic Center (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55133200902?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 55133200902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.08% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 55133200902 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.2% 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. 2.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 55133200902 compare to Brookfield overall?

Tract 55133200902 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Brookfield at 3.4/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Brookfield

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

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