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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,456 of 84,120 nationally

Bassett Eviction Risk: Elevated , Madison

Tract 55025001704 · Dane County, WI · pop 3,971 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

In the Bassett area of Madison, census tract 55025001704 scores 5.8/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 66th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 57% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,423 monthly, set against $48,036 in average yearly household income, roughly 36% of income at the averages. About 77% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44% Stable renters 33% Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units2,298
Renter share76.9%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate30.5%
Median income$48,036

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Bassett
Moderate
Within parent city
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#7 of 72 tracts In Madison
Very High
Within county
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 125 tracts In Dane County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Madison and the region

Centroid at 43.0729, -89.3861 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bassett scores 6.5

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
30.5% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$1,423 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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 Bassett compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bassett risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.56.5This tracttract 001704Madison: 3.63.6Madisonparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 39

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)

  • 169Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 1.09%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.1%Peak (2001)
  • 14Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 550250017042001: 24 filings (2.10/100 renter HHs)2002: 13 filings (1.14/100 renter HHs)2007: 22 filings (1.97/100 renter HHs)2008: 20 filings (1.79/100 renter HHs)2009: 7 filings (0.63/100 renter HHs)2010: 14 filings (1.20/100 renter HHs)2011: 14 filings (1.15/100 renter HHs)2012: 10 filings (0.82/100 renter HHs)2013: 8 filings (0.66/100 renter HHs)2014: 8 filings (0.66/100 renter HHs)2015: 8 filings (0.66/100 renter HHs)2016: 7 filings (0.46/100 renter HHs)2017: 14 filings (0.93/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 42% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bassett

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 7.6/10. 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 39th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.6% 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 55025001704

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025001704?

Census tract 55025001704 in the Bassett neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 55025001704?

Median gross rent is $1,423/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55025001704?

30.5% of residents in tract 55025001704 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,971.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55025001704?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 8th, minority 43th, housing 76th.
Q5

Is tract 55025001704 considered part of Bassett?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025001704 fall within Bassett (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025001704?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 169 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025001704 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.09% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55025001704 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.6% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55025001704 compare to Madison overall?

Tract 55025001704 scores 6.5/10, 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 55025001704 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Madison

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

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