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Bridge-Lakepoint Eviction Risk: Elevated , Madison

Tract 55025001502 · Dane County, WI · pop 5,413 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 55025001502 covers part of the Bridge-Lakepoint area of Madison, WI, and scores 6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,413 residents. Against the Dane County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.8 points.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 38% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units2,501
Renter share60.2%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate16.3%
Median income$66,628

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Bridge-Lakepoint
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 72 tracts In Madison
Very High
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 125 tracts In Dane County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Madison and the region

Centroid at 43.0355, -89.3448 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bridge-Lakepoint scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Madison
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
16.3% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,105 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Madison
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Madison
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Madison
5.5

How Bridge-Lakepoint compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bridge-Lakepoint risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 0015024.6Madisonparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 52

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)

  • 1,572Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 10.73%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.4%Peak (2011)
  • 80Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 55025001502
Filings dropped 26% 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 Bridge-Lakepoint

Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8/10. At $1,105 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Madison commands.

On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.6/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.5/10.

36% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Dane County average of 41.3%. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,572 filings here across 13 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2011, when 15.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 10.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 2.1 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $66,628.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 55025001502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025001502?

Census tract 55025001502 in the Bridge-Lakepoint neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 55025001502?

Median gross rent is $1,105/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55025001502?

16.3% of residents in tract 55025001502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,413.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55025001502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 14th, minority 70th, housing 67th.
Q5

Is tract 55025001502 considered part of Bridge-Lakepoint?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025001502 fall within Bridge-Lakepoint (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025001502?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,572 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025001502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.73% of renter households, peaking at 15.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55025001502 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.7% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55025001502 compare to Madison overall?

Tract 55025001502 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Madison at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Madison eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Madison

Top eight tracts in Madison ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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