2 census tracts · pop 13,621 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6/10
· range 6–6
Mifflin West spans 2 census tracts of Madison, WI and houses 13,621 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 6/10, in the Elevated tier. 60% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
Annualized rent equals 88% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. 77% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, dramatically above the Madison rate of 30.1%.
The strongest single driver of the headline number is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 72%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
This is a renter market: 97% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. SNAP participation is 39.1% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity affects 35.0% of adults, 17.2 points above the national rate. Filings are well documented here: 490 across 2 observed tracts. On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 7/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2010 at 3.0% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 0.6% in 2017, is well off that peak.
With little internal variation, 6/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Mifflin West vs MadisonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority37%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport72%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Mifflin West
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
490Total filings (sum)
1.51%Avg annual filing rate
3.0%Peak year (2010)
0.64%Latest filed (2017)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Mifflin West
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
19.0%Housing insecurity
12.6%Utility shutoff threat
34.3%Food insecurity
38.2%SNAP enrollment
12.3%No health insurance
39.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Mifflin West
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Mifflin West?
Mifflin West scores 6/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Mifflin West compare to Madison overall?
Mifflin West scores 1.4 points higher than Madison overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 77% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,523 vs $1,413.
Q3
What is the average rent in Mifflin West?
Average gross rent in Mifflin West is $1,523/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 77% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Mifflin West residents are renters?
97% of Mifflin West households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Madison). The neighborhood has 13,621 residents.
Q5
Is Mifflin West a high social-vulnerability area?
Mifflin West sits in the 30th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Mifflin West have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Mifflin West is census tract 55025001606 (score 6/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6 to 6, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Mifflin West for landlords?
Mifflin West carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Madison as a whole (4.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Mifflin West?
Mifflin West has 13,493 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (76.3%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (14.5%), Hispanic / Latino (3.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
