Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Fitchburg Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55025010600 · Dane County, WI · pop 5,539 · 16% of tract blocks fall in Fitchburg
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 55025010600 (Fitchburg, Wisconsin) comes in at 4.8/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #58,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 44% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $878 monthly, set against $123,277 in average yearly household income, roughly 9% of income at the averages. Renters make up 6% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units2,365
Renter share5.8%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate1.6%
Median income$123,277
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
National
7
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fitchburg and the region
Centroid at 42.9786, -89.3202 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fitchburg scores 1.6
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
1.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$878 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Fitchburg 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.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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)
- 121Total filings over 13 yrs
- 3.68%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.2%Peak (2013)
- 8Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 43% 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.
- 5.9%Housing insecurity
- 3.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.4%Food insecurity
- 6.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.1%Transit barriers
- 5.0%No health insurance
- 12.5%Frequent mental distress
- 24.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fitchburg
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Fitchburg eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Dane County average of 4.8 and in line with the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 121 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 3.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.2% of renter households in 2013.
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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025010600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025010600?
Census tract 55025010600 in Fitchburg 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 55025010600?
Median gross rent is $878/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025010600?
1.6% of residents in tract 55025010600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,539.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025010600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 16th, minority 27th, housing 43th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025010600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 121 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025010600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.68% of renter households, peaking at 7.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55025010600 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.9% 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 55025010600 compare to Fitchburg overall?
Tract 55025010600 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of Fitchburg at 3/10. 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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