Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,878 of 84,120 nationally
College Hills Eviction Risk: Elevated , Madison
Tract 55025003200 · Dane County, WI · pop 2,662 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 55025003200 covers the College Hills neighborhood of Madison, home to 2,662 residents. For landlords it grades 5.6/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 58% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,175 a month against an average household income of $38,206 a year, roughly 37% of income at the averages. Renters make up 96% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 56%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 4%
Tract context
Occupied units1,099
Renter share96.4%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate24.8%
Median income$38,206
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison and the region
Centroid at 43.0813, -89.4326 · click any tract to drill in
Why College Hills scores 6.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
24.8% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,175 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 College Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 2%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 8Total filings over 5 yrs
- 0.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.3%Peak (2007)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% 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.
- 10.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.9%Food insecurity
- 11.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 14.1%Frequent mental distress
- 19.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in College Hills
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Madison eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Dane County average of 4.8 and above the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.7% 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 55025003200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025003200?
Census tract 55025003200 in the College Hills neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (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 55025003200?
Median gross rent is $1,175/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025003200?
24.8% of residents in tract 55025003200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,662.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025003200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 9th, minority 78th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 55025003200 considered part of College Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025003200 fall within College Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025003200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 55025003200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.15% of renter households, peaking at 0.3% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025003200 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.1% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025003200 compare to Madison overall?
Tract 55025003200 scores 6.2/10, higher than the parent city of Madison at 3.6/10. 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.
Q9
Was tract 55025003200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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