Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Sherman Terrace Eviction Risk: Moderate , Madison
Tract 55025001804 · Dane County, WI · pop 4,356 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
For landlords sizing up the Sherman Terrace area of Madison, census tract 55025001804 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. On the national scale it ranks #50,242 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
43% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,425 monthly, set against $62,326 in average yearly household income, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 79% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 45%
Owners 21%
Tract context
Occupied units2,485
Renter share79.2%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate13.4%
Median income$62,326
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison and the region
Centroid at 43.0977, -89.3658 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sherman Terrace scores 5
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
13.4% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,425 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 Sherman Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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
- 0%Grade B
- 27%Grade C
- 8%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)
- 577Total filings over 13 yrs
- 3.32%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.1%Peak (2012)
- 38Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 36% 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.
- 10.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.0%Food insecurity
- 11.1%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 22.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sherman Terrace
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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 36th 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.
Part of this tract, about 8% 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025001804
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025001804?
Census tract 55025001804 in the Sherman Terrace neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 55025001804?
Median gross rent is $1,425/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025001804?
13.4% of residents in tract 55025001804 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,356.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025001804?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 6th, minority 45th, housing 74th.
Q5
Is tract 55025001804 considered part of Sherman Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025001804 fall within Sherman Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025001804?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 577 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025001804 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.32% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025001804 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.1% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025001804 compare to Madison overall?
Tract 55025001804 scores 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 55025001804 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. 8% 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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