North Star Eviction Risk: Lower , Madison

Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10. The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.6/10. Food insecurity runs 7.9% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 7.2% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 0.6 points below the Dane County average of 4.2. Nationally it ranks #56,048 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $103,119, annual rent is just 17%. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 41% of renters.

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