Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally

Schenk's Corners Eviction Risk: Moderate , Madison

Tract 55025001902 · Dane County, WI · pop 3,055 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

How risky is the Schenk's Corners area of Madison for landlords? Census tract 55025001902 scores 4.7/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 27th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

30% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,585 monthly, set against $96,343 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 68% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 47% Owners 33%

Tract context

Occupied units1,760

Renter share67.8%

SVI overall0.12

Poverty rate9.2%

Median income$96,343

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Madison and the region

Centroid at 43.0912, -89.3546 · click any tract to drill in

Why Schenk's Corners scores 4

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

9.2% poverty · this tract

2.3

Supply constraint

$1,585 rent vs county FMR

5.8

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 Schenk's Corners compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 12

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

18%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
26%Racial/ethnic minority
64%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
21%Grade B
31%Grade C
28%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.

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.

6.4%Housing insecurity
3.6%Utility-shutoff threat
6.3%Food insecurity
5.9%SNAP enrollment
4.4%Transit barriers
4.9%No health insurance
13.7%Frequent mental distress
19.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Schenk's Corners

The heaviest input here 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 in line with the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 12th 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 55025001902

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025001902?

Census tract 55025001902 in the Schenk's Corners neighborhood scores 4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 55025001902?

Median gross rent is $1,585/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 55025001902?

9.2% of residents in tract 55025001902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,055.

How socially vulnerable is tract 55025001902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 1th, minority 26th, housing 64th.

Is tract 55025001902 considered part of Schenk's Corners?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025001902 fall within Schenk's Corners (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 55025001902 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.4% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 55025001902 compare to Madison overall?

Tract 55025001902 scores 4/10, 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.

Was tract 55025001902 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. 28% 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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