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Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally

Tract 55133203303 Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 55133203303 · Waukesha County, WI · pop 4,634

Waukesha anchors census tract 55133203303, which lands at $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 11% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 59% of renter households, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,173 a month against an average household income of $86,121 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 8% Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units2,164
Renter share18.7%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$86,121

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 7 tracts In city
Low
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#27 of 98 tracts In Waukesha County
Elevated
Within state
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#1,234 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Very Low
National
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#72,539 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Waukesha County and the region

Centroid at 43.1030, -88.2884 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tract 55133203303 scores 2.1

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
4.9% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,173 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 Tract 55133203303 compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Tract 55133203303 risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.12.1This tracttract 203303County: 1.91.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 15

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)

  • 8Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 0.64%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.0%Peak (2009)
  • 1Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 551332033032002: 1 filings (0.53/100 renter HHs)2009: 3 filings (0.96/100 renter HHs)2010: 3 filings (0.73/100 renter HHs)2013: 1 filings (0.32/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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 Tract 55133203303

The score leans hardest on 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 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 15th 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 55133203303

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55133203303?

Census tract 55133203303 in Waukesha County scores 2.1/10 (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 55133203303?

Median gross rent is $1,173/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55133203303?

4.9% of residents in tract 55133203303 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,634.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55133203303?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 10th, minority 23th, housing 66th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55133203303?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 55133203303 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.64% of renter households, peaking at 1.0% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 55133203303 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.2% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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