Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Cottage Grove Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55025011700 · Dane County, WI · pop 4,314 · 5% of tract blocks fall in Cottage Grove
Census tract 55025011700 covers Cottage Grove in Dane County, home to 4,314 residents. For landlords it grades $1/10, a moderate reading. On the national scale it ranks #74,789 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 29% of renter households, a moderate level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,406 monthly, set against $133,365 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 6% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units1,400
Renter share6.1%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$133,365
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
2
th percentile
Very Low
National
2
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cottage Grove and the region
Centroid at 43.1489, -89.1609 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cottage Grove scores 1.1
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
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,406 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 21%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)
- 91Total filings over 13 yrs
- 3.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.9%Peak (2017)
- 15Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 650% 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.
- 6.5%Housing insecurity
- 3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.7%Food insecurity
- 6.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 13.5%Frequent mental distress
- 22.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cottage Grove
What moves this score most 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 6th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 91 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 3.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.9% of renter households in 2017.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025011700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025011700?
Census tract 55025011700 in Cottage Grove scores 1.1/10 (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 55025011700?
Median gross rent is $1,406/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025011700?
2.3% of residents in tract 55025011700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,314.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025011700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 24th, minority 21th, housing 17th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025011700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 91 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025011700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.34% of renter households, peaking at 7.9% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55025011700 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.5% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55025011700 compare to Cottage Grove overall?
Tract 55025011700 scores 1.1/10, 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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