Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Mifflin West Eviction Risk: Elevated , Madison
Tract 55025001603 · Dane County, WI · pop 5,203 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 55025001603 covers part of the Mifflin West area of Madison, WI, and scores 6/10 on landlord eviction risk. 64% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 75%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 4%
Tract context
Occupied units2,184
Renter share96.2%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate80.8%
Median income$11,882
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
94
th percentile
Very High
Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison and the region
Centroid at 43.0734, -89.3954 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mifflin West 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
80.8% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,393 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 Mifflin West compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 12
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 100%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)
- 287Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.58%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.0%Peak (2009)
- 11Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 42% over the past 13 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Mifflin West. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 20.2%Housing insecurity
- 14.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.9%Food insecurity
- 43.0%SNAP enrollment
- 23.8%Transit barriers
- 12.2%No health insurance
- 27.8%Frequent mental distress
- 40.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mifflin West
Against Dane County at 41.3%, 78% of renters here are cost-burdened. Set annual rent against average income of $11,882 and the ratio lands at 141%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.
SNAP participation runs 43.0% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 81%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
This is renter territory: 96% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Food insecurity runs 37.9% against 17.8% nationally.
It sits 1.8 points above the Dane County average of 4.2. On the high side, local political climate reads 8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.6/10.
Court records carry 287 eviction filings across 13 observed years. The worst year on record was 2009, when 3.0% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025001603
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025001603?
Census tract 55025001603 in the Mifflin West 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 55025001603?
Median gross rent is $1,393/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 78% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025001603?
80.8% of residents in tract 55025001603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,203.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025001603?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 0th, minority 30th, housing 37th.
Q5
Is tract 55025001603 considered part of Mifflin West?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025001603 fall within Mifflin West (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025001603?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 287 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025001603 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.58% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025001603 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.2% 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. 14.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025001603 compare to Madison overall?
Tract 55025001603 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 55025001603 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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