Renters, Owners, & Schools

A while ago, I discusses a zoning meeting that I attended in which some residents objected to a proposed rental development allegedly over fears of how it would impact the school district.

For your reading pleasure, I present the Census data for Waukesha County which shows that 35.5% of owners have children under the age of 18 (school age) while only 26.9% of the renters do. Of course, to be fair, those were 3 & 4-bedroom townhomes proposed which would've considerably raised the odds that many of those housheolds would have children of school age. But this data goes toward disputing the general perception (which never made sense to me) that rentals automatically mean overloading the school district with kids.

It didn't help the protestors' case that a statement was read in which the school district welcomed any and all kids that would enroll in the district.