Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Jamestown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fitchburg
Tract 55025000506 · Dane County, WI · pop 3,539 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi
Census tract 55025000506 covers part of the Jamestown area of Fitchburg, WI, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,573
Renter share60.5%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate5.2%
Median income$61,092
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fitchburg and the region
Centroid at 43.0228, -89.4798 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jamestown scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fitchburg
7.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
5.2% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,156 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fitchburg
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fitchburg
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fitchburg
5.2
How Jamestown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%Housing & transportation
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.
- 12.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.0%Food insecurity
- 11.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 9.9%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 24.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Jamestown
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.3/10. Against Dane County at 41.3%, 34% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.9/10.
The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. At $1,156 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Fitchburg commands.
Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.2/10.
Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
It tracks the Dane County average of 4.2 closely. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $61,092. 60% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025000506
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025000506?
Census tract 55025000506 in the Jamestown neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (Moderate 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 55025000506?
Median gross rent is $1,156/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025000506?
5.2% of residents in tract 55025000506 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,539.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025000506?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 65th, minority 60th, housing 51th.
Q5
Is tract 55025000506 considered part of Jamestown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025000506 fall within Jamestown (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 55025000506 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55025000506 compare to Fitchburg overall?
Tract 55025000506 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Fitchburg at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fitchburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fitchburg
Top eight tracts in Fitchburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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