Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Greater Sandburg Eviction Risk: Moderate , Madison
Tract 55025002602 · Dane County, WI · pop 5,134 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 55025002602, home to 5,134 residents in Greater Sandburg in Madison, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #53,224 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
47% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,217 monthly, set against $80,938 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 55% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units2,489
Renter share54.8%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate8.8%
Median income$80,938
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison and the region
Centroid at 43.1383, -89.3136 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greater Sandburg scores 4.3
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
8.8% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,217 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Greater Sandburg compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%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)
- 525Total filings over 13 yrs
- 2.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2002)
- 24Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 65% 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.
- 10.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.3%Food insecurity
- 10.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 24.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Greater Sandburg
The score leans hardest on 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 525 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 2.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.7% of renter households in 2002.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 48th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025002602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025002602?
Census tract 55025002602 in the Greater Sandburg neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 55025002602?
Median gross rent is $1,217/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025002602?
8.8% of residents in tract 55025002602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,134.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025002602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 13th, minority 54th, housing 75th.
Q5
Is tract 55025002602 considered part of Greater Sandburg?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025002602 fall within Greater Sandburg (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025002602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 525 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025002602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.88% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025002602 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.7% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025002602 compare to Madison overall?
Tract 55025002602 scores 4.3/10, 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.
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