Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Prairie Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Madison
Tract 55025000407 · Dane County, WI · pop 5,115 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 55025000407 covers the Prairie Hills area of Madison in Wisconsin. Home to 5,115 residents, it scores 4.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 13% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 17% of renter households, a modest level, and 3% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,275 a month against an average household income of $76,402 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 33% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,963
Renter share32.8%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$76,402
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison and the region
Centroid at 43.0402, -89.4893 · click any tract to drill in
Why Prairie Hills scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,275 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Prairie Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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)
- 1,010Total filings over 13 yrs
- 7.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.5%Peak (2011)
- 67Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 76% 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.
- 9.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.9%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 13.9%Frequent mental distress
- 22.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Prairie 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 below the Dane County average of 4.8 and below the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,010 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 8.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.5% of renter households in 2011.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025000407
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025000407?
Census tract 55025000407 in the Prairie Hills neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (Moderate 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 55025000407?
Median gross rent is $1,275/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025000407?
7.4% of residents in tract 55025000407 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,115.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025000407?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 72th, minority 68th, housing 12th.
Q5
Is tract 55025000407 considered part of Prairie Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025000407 fall within Prairie Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025000407?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,010 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025000407 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.95% of renter households, peaking at 12.5% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025000407 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.5% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025000407 compare to Madison overall?
Tract 55025000407 scores 4.3/10, 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.
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