Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Nakoma Eviction Risk: Lower , Madison
Tract 55025000700 · Dane County, WI · pop 3,095 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 55025000700, home to 3,095 residents in the Nakoma area of Madison, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 11% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 16% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 3% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,429 a month while the average household earns $152,450 a year, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 18% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,233
Renter share17.6%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate0.8%
Median income$152,450
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
40
th percentile
Low
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison and the region
Centroid at 43.0426, -89.4451 · click any tract to drill in
Why Nakoma scores 2.9
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
0.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,429 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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 Nakoma compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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.
- 50%Grade A
- 2%Grade B
- 6%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)
- 194Total filings over 13 yrs
- 6.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.5%Peak (2007)
- 2Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 88% 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.
- 4.7%Housing insecurity
- 2.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.3%Food insecurity
- 3.7%SNAP enrollment
- 3.2%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 11.3%Frequent mental distress
- 18.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Nakoma
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 below the Dane County average of 4.8 and below the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 194 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 6.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 16.5% of renter households in 2007.
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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025000700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025000700?
Census tract 55025000700 in the Nakoma neighborhood scores 2.9/10 (Lower 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 55025000700?
Median gross rent is $1,429/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025000700?
0.8% of residents in tract 55025000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,095.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025000700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 39th, minority 25th, housing 12th.
Q5
Is tract 55025000700 considered part of Nakoma?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025000700 fall within Nakoma (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025000700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 194 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025000700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.26% of renter households, peaking at 16.5% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025000700 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.7% 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. 2.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025000700 compare to Madison overall?
Tract 55025000700 scores 2.9/10, lower 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 55025000700 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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