Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
State-Langdon Eviction Risk: Elevated , Madison
Tract 55025001604 · Dane County, WI · pop 6,069 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi
Census tract 55025001604 covers part of the State-Langdon area of Madison, WI, and scores 6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,069. 58% 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 68%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 3%
Tract context
Occupied units2,268
Renter share97.7%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate62.3%
Median income$22,642
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison and the region
Centroid at 43.0766, -89.3922 · click any tract to drill in
Why State-Langdon 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
62.3% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,308 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 State-Langdon compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%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)
- 519Total filings over 13 yrs
- 2.01%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2011)
- 22Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 63% 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.
- 17.6%Housing insecurity
- 11.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.0%Food insecurity
- 33.1%SNAP enrollment
- 19.3%Transit barriers
- 12.1%No health insurance
- 27.7%Frequent mental distress
- 38.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in State-Langdon
70% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Dane County average of 41.3%. Set annual rent against average income of $22,642 and the ratio lands at 69%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.
The poverty rate is 62%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. This is renter territory: 98% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. SNAP participation runs 33.1% against 15.2% nationally.
Against the Dane County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.8 points. Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10.
Food insecurity runs 30.0% against 17.8% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.6/10.
The filing record is not thin: 519 evictions over 13 years of observation.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025001604
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025001604?
Census tract 55025001604 in the State-Langdon 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 55025001604?
Median gross rent is $1,308/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025001604?
62.3% of residents in tract 55025001604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,069.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025001604?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 1th, minority 40th, housing 90th.
Q5
Is tract 55025001604 considered part of State-Langdon?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025001604 fall within State-Langdon (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025001604?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 519 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025001604 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.01% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025001604 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.6% 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. 11.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025001604 compare to Madison overall?
Tract 55025001604 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 55025001604 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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