Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
North Lake Mendota Eviction Risk: Lower , Madison
Tract 55025002302 · Dane County, WI · pop 1,602 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 3.7/10, tract 55025002302 in the North Lake Mendota area of Madison, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,602. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units703
Renter share39.3%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate3.0%
Median income$104,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison and the region
Centroid at 43.1376, -89.4004 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Lake Mendota scores 3.7
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
3.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,185 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 North Lake Mendota compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%Housing & transportation
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)
- 204Total filings over 13 yrs
- 6.12%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.9%Peak (2011)
- 3Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 75% 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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.7%Food insecurity
- 8.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 24.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North Lake Mendota
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.6/10.
Food insecurity runs 8.7% against 17.8% nationally. At $1,185 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Madison commands.
The filing record is not thin: 204 evictions over 13 years of observation. SNAP participation runs 8.1% against 15.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 9.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.1% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 2.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $104,750, annual rent is just 14%.
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 55025002302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025002302?
Census tract 55025002302 in the North Lake Mendota neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (Lower 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 55025002302?
Median gross rent is $1,185/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025002302?
3.0% of residents in tract 55025002302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,602.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025002302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 6th, minority 35th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 55025002302 considered part of North Lake Mendota?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025002302 fall within North Lake Mendota (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025002302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 204 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025002302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.12% of renter households, peaking at 9.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025002302 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025002302 compare to Madison overall?
Tract 55025002302 scores 3.7/10, lower 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.
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