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Neighborhood · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally

Woodland Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Madison

Tract 55025000205 · Dane County, WI · pop 4,967 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Woodland Hills in Madison anchors census tract 55025000205, which lands at $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 37% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

53% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,401 monthly, set against $102,369 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 13% Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units2,527
Renter share26.8%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$102,369

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Woodland Hills
Moderate
Within parent city
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#59 of 72 tracts In Madison
Very Low
Within county
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#61 of 125 tracts In Dane County
Moderate
Within state
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#643 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Madison and the region

Centroid at 43.0803, -89.4997 · click any tract to drill in

Why Woodland Hills scores 3.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Madison
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,401 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Madison
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Madison
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Madison
5.5

How Woodland Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Woodland Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.53.5This tracttract 000205Madison: 3.63.6Madisonparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

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)

  • 36Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 0.47%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.0%Peak (2002)
  • 3Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 550250002052001: 1 filings (0.20/100 renter HHs)2002: 5 filings (1.02/100 renter HHs)2007: 1 filings (0.18/100 renter HHs)2008: 2 filings (0.36/100 renter HHs)2009: 1 filings (0.18/100 renter HHs)2010: 5 filings (0.77/100 renter HHs)2011: 5 filings (0.73/100 renter HHs)2012: 3 filings (0.44/100 renter HHs)2013: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2014: 1 filings (0.15/100 renter HHs)2015: 4 filings (0.58/100 renter HHs)2016: 5 filings (0.65/100 renter HHs)2017: 3 filings (0.39/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 200% over the past 13 months.
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 Woodland Hills

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength 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 inherited from Madison eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Dane County average of 4.8 and above the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 4.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 55025000205

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025000205?

Census tract 55025000205 in the Woodland Hills neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 55025000205?

Median gross rent is $1,401/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55025000205?

2.3% of residents in tract 55025000205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,967.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55025000205?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 21th, minority 32th, housing 21th.
Q5

Is tract 55025000205 considered part of Woodland Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025000205 fall within Woodland Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025000205?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 36 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 55025000205 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.47% of renter households, peaking at 1.0% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55025000205 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.9% 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. 2.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55025000205 compare to Madison overall?

Tract 55025000205 scores 3.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Madison at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Madison eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Madison

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

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