Neighborhood · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Woodland Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Madison
Tract 55025000205 ·
Dane County, WI · pop 4,967 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 55025000205 covers part of the Woodland Hills area of Madison, WI, and scores 3.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3.6
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
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Woodland Hills
Moderate
Within parent city
18th percentile
#59 of 72 tracts In Madison
Very Low
Within county
41th percentile
#74 of 125 tracts In Dane County
Moderate
Within state
50th percentile
#761 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Moderate
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 3.6
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.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
8%Socioeconomic
21%Household composition
32%Racial/ethnic minority
21%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)
36Total filings over 12 yrs
0.47%Avg annual filing rate
1.0%Peak (2002)
3Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2017
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.
4.9%Housing insecurity
2.7%Utility-shutoff threat
5.6%Food insecurity
5.0%SNAP enrollment
3.6%Transit barriers
4.6%No health insurance
11.0%Frequent mental distress
23.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Woodland Hills
53% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Dane County average of 41.3%. The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, local political climate reads 8/10.
Food insecurity runs 5.6% against 17.8% nationally. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.6/10.
The filing record is not thin: 36 evictions over 12 years of observation. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 2.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. It sits 0.6 points below the Dane County average of 4.2.
Filings peaked in 2002 at 1.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 0.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 33rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.9/10.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
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 3.6/10 (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 3.6/10, lower than the parent city of Madison at 4.6/10. 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.
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