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Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

April Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , McFarland

Tract 55025010501 · Dane County, WI · pop 3,983 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 55025010501 covers part of the April Hills area of Madison, WI, and scores 3.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,983 residents. Cost burden runs 22% here against 41.3% across Dane County.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 24% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,618
Renter share31.5%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate1.8%
Median income$118,910

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In April Hills
Very Low
Within parent city
1 th percentile
Rank, 1st percentileLowHigh
#71 of 72 tracts In McFarland
Very Low
Within county
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#87 of 125 tracts In Dane County
Low
Within state
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#974 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across McFarland and the region

Centroid at 43.0337, -89.2905 · click any tract to drill in

Why April Hills scores 3.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from McFarland
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
1.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,821 rent vs county FMR
7.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from McFarland
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from McFarland
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from McFarland
5.5

How April Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
April Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.2This tracttract 0105014.0McFarlandparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 19

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 106Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 4.97%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.1%Peak (2007)
  • 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 55025010501
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within April Hills. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in April Hills

The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. At $1,821 a month, rents run 29% over what the rest of Madison commands.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10. The voucher gap is 23.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.6/10.

Food insecurity runs 7.3% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 1.0 points below the Dane County average of 4.2.

Court records carry 106 eviction filings across 11 observed years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2007 at 8.1% of renter households.

In a typical year about 5.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 25th 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.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $118,910.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 55025010501

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025010501?

Census tract 55025010501 in the April Hills neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 55025010501?

Median gross rent is $1,821/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55025010501?

1.8% of residents in tract 55025010501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,983.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55025010501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 35th, minority 25th, housing 47th.
Q5

Is tract 55025010501 considered part of April Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025010501 fall within April Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025010501?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 106 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 55025010501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.97% of renter households, peaking at 8.1% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55025010501 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 55025010501 compare to McFarland overall?

Tract 55025010501 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of McFarland at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from McFarland; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in McFarland

Top eight tracts in McFarland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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