Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Mendota Hills Eviction Risk: Elevated , Madison
Tract 55025002301 · Dane County, WI · pop 3,656 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 55025002301 covers part of the Mendota Hills area of Madison, WI, and scores 6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,656 residents. The severe-burden share is 39%, 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 31%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,221
Renter share45.9%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate22.5%
Median income$80,956
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
79
th percentile
High
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison and the region
Centroid at 43.1316, -89.3793 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mendota Hills 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
22.5% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$1,292 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Mendota Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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)
- 656Total filings over 13 yrs
- 8.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.5%Peak (2007)
- 20Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 64% 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.
- 16.7%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.5%Food insecurity
- 24.7%SNAP enrollment
- 11.1%Transit barriers
- 11.1%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 33.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mendota Hills
Against Dane County at 41.3%, 68% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Dane County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.8 points.
What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.6/10.
The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. SNAP participation runs 24.7% against 15.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 656 evictions over 13 years of observation. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.9/10.
The worst year on record was 2007, when 16.5% of renter households were served. Average gross rent is $1,292, 9% below the Madison average. In a typical year about 8.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025002301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025002301?
Census tract 55025002301 in the Mendota Hills 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 55025002301?
Median gross rent is $1,292/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025002301?
22.5% of residents in tract 55025002301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,656.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025002301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 80th, minority 71th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 55025002301 considered part of Mendota Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025002301 fall within Mendota Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025002301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 656 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025002301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.91% of renter households, peaking at 16.5% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025002301 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.7% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025002301 compare to Madison overall?
Tract 55025002301 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.
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