Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #79,998 of 84,120 nationally
Wildwood South Eviction Risk: Lower , Fitchburg
Tract 55025010701 · Dane County, WI · pop 6,440 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 55025010701 runs through the Wildwood South area of Fitchburg. With 6,440 residents, it scores 5.2/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #47,227 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
57% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,588 a month against an average household income of $135,609 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units2,880
Renter share17.4%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate2.7%
Median income$135,609
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fitchburg and the region
Centroid at 42.9944, -89.4436 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wildwood South scores 1.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fitchburg
7.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
2.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,588 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fitchburg
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fitchburg
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fitchburg
5.2
How Wildwood South compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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)
- 55Total filings over 13 yrs
- 0.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.1%Peak (2007)
- 1Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 5.1%Housing insecurity
- 2.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.2%Food insecurity
- 4.7%SNAP enrollment
- 3.5%Transit barriers
- 4.3%No health insurance
- 11.5%Frequent mental distress
- 20.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wildwood South
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Fitchburg eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th 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 55025010701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025010701?
Census tract 55025010701 in the Wildwood South neighborhood scores 1.4/10 (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 55025010701?
Median gross rent is $1,588/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025010701?
2.7% of residents in tract 55025010701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,440.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025010701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 37th, minority 19th, housing 17th.
Q5
Is tract 55025010701 considered part of Wildwood South?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025010701 fall within Wildwood South (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025010701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 55 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025010701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.75% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025010701 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.1% 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. 2.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025010701 compare to Fitchburg overall?
Tract 55025010701 scores 1.4/10, lower than the parent city of Fitchburg at 3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fitchburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fitchburg
Top eight tracts in Fitchburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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