Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Ridgewood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Madison
Tract 55025002603 ·
Dane County, WI · pop 5,366 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 55025002603 runs through the Ridgewood area of Madison. With 5,366 residents, it scores 4.4/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #68,114 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,178 a month while the average household earns $72,153 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 54% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%Stable renters 40%Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units2,275
Renter share54.5%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate8.8%
Median income$72,153
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Ridgewood
Moderate
Within parent city
58th percentile
#31 of 72 tracts In Madison
Elevated
Within county
75th percentile
#32 of 125 tracts In Dane County
High
Within state
80th percentile
#314 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison and the region
Centroid at 43.1177, -89.3013 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ridgewood scores 4.5
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
8.8% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,178 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Ridgewood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
14%Socioeconomic
32%Household composition
58%Racial/ethnic minority
81%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)
371Total filings over 13 yrs
2.54%Avg annual filing rate
4.7%Peak (2008)
21Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2017
Filings dropped 28% 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.
11.7%Housing insecurity
6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
12.9%Food insecurity
12.1%SNAP enrollment
7.3%Transit barriers
8.8%No health insurance
16.3%Frequent mental distress
25.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ridgewood
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 below 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 11.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 40th 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 55025002603
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025002603?
Census tract 55025002603 in the Ridgewood neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 55025002603?
Median gross rent is $1,178/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025002603?
8.8% of residents in tract 55025002603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,366.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025002603?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 32th, minority 58th, housing 81th.
Q5
Is tract 55025002603 considered part of Ridgewood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025002603 fall within Ridgewood (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025002603?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 371 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025002603 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.54% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025002603 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.7% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025002603 compare to Madison overall?
Tract 55025002603 scores 4.5/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Madison
Top eight tracts in Madison ranked by composite eviction-risk score.