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Neighborhood · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally

Wildwood South Eviction Risk: Lower , Fitchburg

Tract 55025010701 · Dane County, WI · pop 6,440 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 55025010701 covers part of the Wildwood South area of Fitchburg, WI, and scores 3.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,440 residents. Cost burden runs 57% here against 41.3% across Dane County.

Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 7% Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units2,880
Renter share17.4%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate2.7%
Median income$135,609

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Wildwood South
Moderate
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 6 tracts In Fitchburg
Very Low
Within county
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#97 of 125 tracts In Dane County
Low
Within state
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#1,029 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fitchburg and the region

Centroid at 42.9944, -89.4436 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wildwood South scores 3.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
2.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,588 rent vs county FMR
5.8
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 Wildwood South compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wildwood South risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.1This tracttract 0107014.5Fitchburgparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 9

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 55Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 0.75%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.1%Peak (2007)
  • 1Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 55025010701
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wildwood South

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10.

The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Food insecurity runs 5.2% against 17.8% nationally.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.9/10. SNAP participation runs 4.7% against 15.2% nationally.

It sits 1.1 points below the Dane County average of 4.2. Average gross rent is $1,588, 16% above the Fitchburg average.

The filing record is not thin: 55 evictions over 13 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2007, when 2.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 0.8% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 17% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 55025010701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025010701?

Census tract 55025010701 in the Wildwood South neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 55025010701?

Median gross rent is $1,588/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55025010701?

2.7% of residents in tract 55025010701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,440.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55025010701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 37th, minority 19th, housing 17th.
Q5

Is tract 55025010701 considered part of Wildwood South?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025010701 fall within Wildwood South (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025010701?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 55 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025010701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.75% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55025010701 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.1% 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. 2.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55025010701 compare to Fitchburg overall?

Tract 55025010701 scores 3.1/10, lower 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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