Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Hawthorne Eviction Risk: Elevated , Madison
Tract 55025002601 · Dane County, WI · pop 1,951 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 55025002601 sits in the Hawthorne area of Madison eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6/10. Population here is 1,951. The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units993
Renter share52.1%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate16.0%
Median income$52,471
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
99
th percentile
Very High
Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison and the region
Centroid at 43.1119, -89.3223 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hawthorne scores 6
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
16.0% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,173 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 Hawthorne compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 1%Grade C
- 9%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)
- 282Total filings over 13 yrs
- 6.72%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.0%Peak (2012)
- 30Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 58% 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.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.5%Food insecurity
- 16.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 9.7%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 29.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hawthorne
It sits 1.8 points above the Dane County average of 4.2. The dominant input is local political climate at 8/10.
Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.6/10. Average gross rent is $1,173, 17% below the Madison average.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 282 filings here across 13 tracked years. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.9/10.
Filings peaked in 2012 at 7.0% of renter households. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Madison. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 6.7% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6/10. Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 2.1 points hotter.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 41% of renters.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025002601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025002601?
Census tract 55025002601 in the Hawthorne 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 55025002601?
Median gross rent is $1,173/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025002601?
16.0% of residents in tract 55025002601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,951.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025002601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 66th, minority 51th, housing 50th.
Q5
Is tract 55025002601 considered part of Hawthorne?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025002601 fall within Hawthorne (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025002601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 282 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025002601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.72% of renter households, peaking at 7.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025002601 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025002601 compare to Madison overall?
Tract 55025002601 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.
Q9
Was tract 55025002601 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 9% 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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