Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #79,998 of 84,120 nationally
Cottage Grove Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55025012003 · Dane County, WI · pop 6,734 · 72% of tract blocks fall in Cottage Grove
Cottage Grove anchors census tract 55025012003, which lands at 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 15th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 36% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,500 monthly, set against $119,573 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 23% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units2,660
Renter share23.4%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate3.3%
Median income$119,573
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
National
5
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cottage Grove and the region
Centroid at 43.0924, -89.2160 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cottage Grove scores 1.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cottage Grove
7.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
3.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,500 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cottage Grove
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cottage Grove
5.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cottage Grove
3.2
How Cottage Grove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%Housing & transportation
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.
- 7.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.5%Food insecurity
- 7.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 14.2%Frequent mental distress
- 22.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cottage Grove
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 5.3/10. 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 Cottage Grove, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 13th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025012003
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025012003?
Census tract 55025012003 in Cottage Grove 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 55025012003?
Median gross rent is $1,500/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025012003?
3.3% of residents in tract 55025012003 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,734.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025012003?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 22th, minority 33th, housing 32th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 55025012003 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.3% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 55025012003 compare to Cottage Grove overall?
Tract 55025012003 scores 1.4/10, lower than the parent city of Cottage Grove at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cottage Grove; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Cottage Grove
Top eight tracts in Cottage Grove ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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