Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Emerson East Eviction Risk: Moderate , Madison
Tract 55025002100 · Dane County, WI · pop 5,054 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 5.3/10, tract 55025002100 in the Emerson East area of Madison, WI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,054 residents. Against Dane County at 41.3%, 57% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units2,546
Renter share49.5%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$62,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison and the region
Centroid at 43.1044, -89.3548 · click any tract to drill in
Why Emerson East scores 5.3
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
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,003 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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 Emerson East compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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
- 44%Grade C
- 16%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)
- 576Total filings over 13 yrs
- 3.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.3%Peak (2011)
- 34Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 35% 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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 9.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 22.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Emerson East
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.8/10. Average gross rent is $1,003, 29% below the Madison average. 20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.3/10.
Against the Dane County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Food insecurity runs 9.2% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 576 filings here across 13 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 5.3% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 3.7% of renter households face a filing.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025002100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025002100?
Census tract 55025002100 in the Emerson East neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 55025002100?
Median gross rent is $1,003/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025002100?
9.2% of residents in tract 55025002100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,054.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025002100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 19th, minority 47th, housing 58th.
Q5
Is tract 55025002100 considered part of Emerson East?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025002100 fall within Emerson East (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025002100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 576 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025002100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.71% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025002100 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025002100 compare to Madison overall?
Tract 55025002100 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Madison at 4.6/10. 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 55025002100 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. 16% 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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