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Mifflin West Eviction Risk: Elevated , Madison

Tract 55025001606 · Dane County, WI · pop 8,418 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 55025001606 (Mifflin West in Madison, Wisconsin) comes in at 6.2/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 79% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 76% of renter households, a severe level, and 57% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,604 monthly, set against $26,342 in average yearly household income, roughly 73% of income at the averages. Renters make up 97% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 73% Stable renters 24% Owners 3%
Tract context
Occupied units2,177
Renter share97.1%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate67.1%
Median income$26,342

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Mifflin West
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 72 tracts In Madison
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 125 tracts In Dane County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Madison and the region

Centroid at 43.0701, -89.3956 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mifflin West scores 7.1

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
67.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,604 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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 Mifflin West compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mifflin West risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.17.1This tracttract 001606Madison: 3.63.6Madisonparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 41

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

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.

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)

  • 203Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 1.47%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.7%Peak (2010)
  • 12Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 550250016062001: 24 filings (2.44/100 renter HHs)2002: 15 filings (1.53/100 renter HHs)2007: 18 filings (1.86/100 renter HHs)2008: 28 filings (2.89/100 renter HHs)2009: 29 filings (2.99/100 renter HHs)2010: 31 filings (2.66/100 renter HHs)2011: 9 filings (0.85/100 renter HHs)2012: 10 filings (0.94/100 renter HHs)2013: 4 filings (0.38/100 renter HHs)2014: 8 filings (0.76/100 renter HHs)2015: 8 filings (0.76/100 renter HHs)2016: 7 filings (0.39/100 renter HHs)2017: 12 filings (0.67/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 13 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Mifflin West. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mifflin West

What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 41st 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.

Part of this tract, about 41% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

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 55025001606

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025001606?

Census tract 55025001606 in the Mifflin West neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 55025001606?

Median gross rent is $1,604/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55025001606?

67.1% of residents in tract 55025001606 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,418.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55025001606?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 1th, minority 41th, housing 94th.
Q5

Is tract 55025001606 considered part of Mifflin West?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025001606 fall within Mifflin West (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025001606?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 203 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025001606 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.47% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55025001606 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.2% 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. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55025001606 compare to Madison overall?

Tract 55025001606 scores 7.1/10, 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.
Q9

Was tract 55025001606 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. 41% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Madison

Top eight tracts in Madison ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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