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South Campus Eviction Risk: Elevated , Madison

Tract 55025001102 · Dane County, WI · pop 3,756 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 5.5/10, tract 55025001102 in South Campus in Madison ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 3,756 residents. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 33% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is about $894 a month. Renters make up 100% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 67% Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units36
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall-10.00
Poverty rate77.7%

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In South Campus
Very Low
Within parent city
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 72 tracts In Madison
Very High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 125 tracts In Dane County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Madison and the region

Centroid at 43.0758, -89.4094 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Campus scores 6.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
77.7% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$894 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 South Campus compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
South Campus risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.96.9This tracttract 001102Madison: 3.63.6Madisonparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: -1,000

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 6Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 0.67%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.7%Peak (2009)
  • 1Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 550250011022001: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2002: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2007: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2008: 1 filings (0.17/100 renter HHs)2009: 4 filings (0.67/100 renter HHs)2010: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2011: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2012: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2013: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2014: 1 filings (1.18/100 renter HHs)2015: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2016: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2017: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within South Campus. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in South Campus

The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above the Dane County average of 4.8 and above the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 1000th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 22.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 55025001102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025001102?

Census tract 55025001102 in the South Campus neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (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 55025001102?

Median gross rent is $894/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55025001102?

77.7% of residents in tract 55025001102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,756.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55025001102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the -1000th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic -1000th, household 1th, minority 47th, housing 99th.
Q5

Is tract 55025001102 considered part of South Campus?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025001102 fall within South Campus (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025001102?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 6 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 55025001102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.67% of renter households, peaking at 0.7% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55025001102 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.7% 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. 15.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55025001102 compare to Madison overall?

Tract 55025001102 scores 6.9/10, higher 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 55025001102 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Madison

Top eight tracts in Madison ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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