Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Stoughton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55025012002 · Dane County, WI · pop 4,580 · 1% of tract blocks fall in Stoughton
The Lower-tier score of 3.8/10 for census tract 55025012002 reflects conditions in Stoughton, Wisconsin. It lands near the 8th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
21% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $898 monthly, set against $110,819 in average yearly household income, roughly 10% of income at the averages. About 8% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units2,082
Renter share7.7%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate1.9%
Median income$110,819
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
National
7
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Stoughton and the region
Centroid at 43.0137, -89.1814 · click any tract to drill in
Why Stoughton scores 1.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Stoughton
7.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
1.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$898 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Stoughton
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Stoughton
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Stoughton
4.2
How Stoughton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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)
- 36Total filings over 12 yrs
- 2.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.9%Peak (2013)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% over the past 13 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 6.1%Housing insecurity
- 3.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.5%Food insecurity
- 6.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.2%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 13.1%Frequent mental distress
- 24.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Stoughton
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 Stoughton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Dane County average of 4.8 and below the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 36 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 2.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.9% of renter households in 2013.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025012002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025012002?
Census tract 55025012002 in Stoughton scores 1.6/10 (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 55025012002?
Median gross rent is $898/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025012002?
1.9% of residents in tract 55025012002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,580.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025012002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 16th, minority 13th, housing 7th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025012002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 36 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 55025012002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.50% of renter households, peaking at 6.9% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55025012002 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.1% 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. 3.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55025012002 compare to Stoughton overall?
Tract 55025012002 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of Stoughton at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Stoughton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Stoughton
Top eight tracts in Stoughton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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