Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally
Greenbush Eviction Risk: Elevated , Madison
Tract 55025001200 · Dane County, WI · pop 6,781 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Eviction risk in the Greenbush area of Madison centers on tract 55025001200, which scores $1/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 6,781 residents. That is riskier than roughly 73% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
52% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,475 monthly, set against $61,618 in average yearly household income, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 76% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units2,942
Renter share76.4%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate33.8%
Median income$61,618
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
90
th percentile
Very High
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison and the region
Centroid at 43.0626, -89.4056 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greenbush scores 6.3
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
33.8% poverty · this tract
8.4
Supply constraint
$1,475 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Greenbush compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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
- 24%Grade B
- 45%Grade C
- 9%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.
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)
- 164Total filings over 13 yrs
- 0.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.2%Peak (2008)
- 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 60% 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.
- 11.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.3%Food insecurity
- 16.8%SNAP enrollment
- 9.9%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 28.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Greenbush
The heaviest input here is economic stress at 8.4/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 164 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 0.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.2% of renter households in 2008.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 31st 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.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025001200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025001200?
Census tract 55025001200 in the Greenbush neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 55025001200?
Median gross rent is $1,475/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025001200?
33.8% of residents in tract 55025001200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,781.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025001200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 1th, minority 27th, housing 70th.
Q5
Is tract 55025001200 considered part of Greenbush?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025001200 fall within Greenbush (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025001200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 164 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025001200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.65% of renter households, peaking at 1.2% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025001200 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.3% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025001200 compare to Madison overall?
Tract 55025001200 scores 6.3/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 55025001200 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. 9% 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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7
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7
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.2
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