Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally
Bridge-Lakepoint Eviction Risk: Moderate , Madison
Tract 55025001502 · Dane County, WI · pop 5,413 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 55025001502 (Bridge-Lakepoint in Madison, Wisconsin) comes in at 4.9/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #56,101 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 36% of renter households, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,105 a month against an average household income of $66,628 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 60% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units2,501
Renter share60.2%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate16.3%
Median income$66,628
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison and the region
Centroid at 43.0355, -89.3448 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bridge-Lakepoint scores 5.1
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
16.3% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,105 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Bridge-Lakepoint compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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)
- 1,572Total filings over 13 yrs
- 10.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.4%Peak (2011)
- 80Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 26% 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.
- 15.7%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.4%Food insecurity
- 17.9%SNAP enrollment
- 9.9%Transit barriers
- 13.0%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 28.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bridge-Lakepoint
What moves this score most is 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,572 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 10.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 15.4% of renter households in 2011.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.3% 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 55025001502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025001502?
Census tract 55025001502 in the Bridge-Lakepoint neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 55025001502?
Median gross rent is $1,105/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025001502?
16.3% of residents in tract 55025001502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,413.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025001502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 14th, minority 70th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 55025001502 considered part of Bridge-Lakepoint?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025001502 fall within Bridge-Lakepoint (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025001502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,572 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025001502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.73% of renter households, peaking at 15.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025001502 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.7% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025001502 compare to Madison overall?
Tract 55025001502 scores 5.1/10, 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.
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