Within parent city
11
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
New Berlin Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55133201600 · Waukesha County, WI · pop 5,546 · 82% of tract blocks fall in New Berlin
55133201600 is a census tract in New Berlin, WI. It scores 3/10 for landlords. 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 2%
Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units2,104
Renter share3.8%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate1.8%
Median income$109,682
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
20
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Berlin and the region
Centroid at 42.9514, -88.1710 · click any tract to drill in
Why New Berlin scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from New Berlin
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
1.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from New Berlin
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New Berlin
5.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from New Berlin
3.6
How New Berlin compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 11%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)
- 8Total filings over 2 yrs
- 8.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.0%Peak (2013)
- 6Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
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.
- 6.3%Housing insecurity
- 3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.1%Food insecurity
- 6.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.4%Transit barriers
- 5.3%No health insurance
- 12.7%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in New Berlin
Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.9/10. Food insecurity runs 7.1% against 17.8% nationally. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.8/10.
The filing record is not thin: 8 evictions over 2 years of observation. Housing insecurity runs 6.3% against 14.2% nationally. It sits 0.6 points below the Waukesha County average of 3.6.
Filings peaked in 2013 at 15.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 8.5% 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. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55133201600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55133201600?
Census tract 55133201600 in New Berlin 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 55133201600?
1.8% of residents in tract 55133201600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,546.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 55133201600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 12th, minority 6th, housing 11th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55133201600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 55133201600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.54% of renter households, peaking at 15.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 55133201600 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.3% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 55133201600 compare to New Berlin overall?
Tract 55133201600 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of New Berlin at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New Berlin eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in New Berlin
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/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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