Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally
Cottage Grove Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55025012004 · Dane County, WI · pop 3,021 · 65% of tract blocks fall in Cottage Grove
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 55025012004 (Cottage Grove, Wisconsin) comes in at 4.1/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 13th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
30% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,682 a month while the average household earns $135,219 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 18% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,385
Renter share17.5%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate1.9%
Median income$135,219
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
2
th percentile
Very Low
National
3
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cottage Grove and the region
Centroid at 43.0885, -89.1755 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cottage Grove scores 1.2
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
1.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,682 rent vs county FMR
6.4
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.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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.
- 6.5%Housing insecurity
- 3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.6%Food insecurity
- 6.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 5.3%No health insurance
- 13.5%Frequent mental distress
- 24.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cottage Grove
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 6.4/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 6.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.5% 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 55025012004
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025012004?
Census tract 55025012004 in Cottage Grove scores 1.2/10 (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 55025012004?
Median gross rent is $1,682/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025012004?
1.9% of residents in tract 55025012004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,021.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025012004?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 21th, minority 7th, housing 37th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 55025012004 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.
Q6
How does tract 55025012004 compare to Cottage Grove overall?
Tract 55025012004 scores 1.2/10, 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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