Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Edge Eviction Risk: Moderate , Madison
Tract 55025002900 · Dane County, WI · pop 3,251 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
For landlords sizing up the Lake Edge area of Madison, census tract 55025002900 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. On the national scale it ranks #50,244 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
56% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,134 a month against an average household income of $74,196 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 39% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,545
Renter share38.8%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$74,196
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison and the region
Centroid at 43.0589, -89.3180 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake Edge scores 4.5
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
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,134 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 244Total filings over 13 yrs
- 3.14%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.2%Peak (2012)
- 17Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 26% 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.
- 10.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.2%Food insecurity
- 12.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 29.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lake Edge
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 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 244 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 3.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.2% of renter households in 2012.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025002900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025002900?
Census tract 55025002900 in the Lake Edge 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 55025002900?
Median gross rent is $1,134/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025002900?
10.0% of residents in tract 55025002900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,251.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025002900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 24th, minority 33th, housing 59th.
Q5
Is tract 55025002900 considered part of Lake Edge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025002900 fall within Lake Edge (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025002900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 244 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025002900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.14% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025002900 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.2% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025002900 compare to Madison overall?
Tract 55025002900 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.
Q9
Was tract 55025002900 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. 0% 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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