Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Edge Eviction Risk: Lower , Madison
Tract 55025002800 · Dane County, WI · pop 2,080 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi
Census tract 55025002800 runs through Lake Edge in Madison. With 2,080 residents, it scores 4.6/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #63,784 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,082 monthly, set against $90,313 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 15% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units951
Renter share14.6%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate4.3%
Median income$90,313
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
27
th percentile
Low
Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison and the region
Centroid at 43.0768, -89.3181 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake Edge scores 3.8
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
4.3% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,082 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 Lake Edge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 8%Grade C
- 56%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)
- 82Total filings over 13 yrs
- 3.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.9%Peak (2012)
- 1Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 89% over the past 13 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Lake Edge. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 7.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.2%Food insecurity
- 8.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 13.9%Frequent mental distress
- 24.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lake Edge
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 in line with the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 82 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 3.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.9% of renter households in 2012.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 11th 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 55025002800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025002800?
Census tract 55025002800 in the Lake Edge neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 55025002800?
Median gross rent is $1,082/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025002800?
4.3% of residents in tract 55025002800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,080.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025002800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 20th, minority 16th, housing 10th.
Q5
Is tract 55025002800 considered part of Lake Edge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025002800 fall within Lake Edge (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025002800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 82 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025002800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.45% of renter households, peaking at 3.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025002800 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.6% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025002800 compare to Madison overall?
Tract 55025002800 scores 3.8/10, right in line with 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.
Q9
Was tract 55025002800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 56% 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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