Neighborhood · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally

Indian Hills Eviction Risk: Elevated , Madison

Tract 55025000301 · Dane County, WI · pop 3,705 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Tract 55025000301 covers Indian Hills in Madison in Wisconsin. Home to 3,705 residents, it scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 51st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 43% of renter households, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,170 a month against an average household income of $49,393 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 89% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.1

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 51% Owners 11%

Tract context

Occupied units2,439

Renter share88.8%

SVI overall0.61

Poverty rate25.7%

Median income$49,393

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Madison and the region

Centroid at 43.0720, -89.4595 · click any tract to drill in

Why Indian Hills scores 6.1

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

25.7% poverty · this tract

6.4

Supply constraint

$1,170 rent vs county FMR

2.9

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 Indian Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 61

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

64%Socioeconomic
16%Household composition
62%Racial/ethnic minority
77%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
1%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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.

9.7%Housing insecurity
5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
13.8%Food insecurity
12.8%SNAP enrollment
7.6%Transit barriers
8.0%No health insurance
14.7%Frequent mental distress
25.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Indian 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 above 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 61st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 55025000301

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025000301?

Census tract 55025000301 in the Indian Hills neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 55025000301?

Median gross rent is $1,170/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 55025000301?

25.7% of residents in tract 55025000301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,705.

How socially vulnerable is tract 55025000301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 16th, minority 62th, housing 77th.

Is tract 55025000301 considered part of Indian Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025000301 fall within Indian Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 55025000301 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.7% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 55025000301 compare to Madison overall?

Tract 55025000301 scores 6.1/10, higher than 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.

Was tract 55025000301 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

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