Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Tenney-Lapham Eviction Risk: Moderate , Madison
Tract 55025001802 · Dane County, WI · pop 3,399 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 5.9/10, tract 55025001802 in the Tenney-Lapham area of Madison, WI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. 71% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 43%
Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units2,052
Renter share71.2%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate16.8%
Median income$69,620
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison and the region
Centroid at 43.0875, -89.3747 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tenney-Lapham scores 5.9
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
16.8% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,360 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 Tenney-Lapham compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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.
- 14%Grade A
- 22%Grade B
- 28%Grade C
- 6%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)
- 196Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.39%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.8%Peak (2007)
- 12Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% 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.
- 7.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.0%Food insecurity
- 7.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 20.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tenney-Lapham
What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8/10. It sits 1.7 points above the Dane County average of 4.2.
17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.6/10.
Food insecurity runs 8.0% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 196 evictions over 13 years of observation. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.9/10.
SNAP participation runs 7.7% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2007 at 2.8% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Madison. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 77th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025001802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025001802?
Census tract 55025001802 in the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (Moderate 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 55025001802?
Median gross rent is $1,360/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025001802?
16.8% of residents in tract 55025001802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,399.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025001802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 0th, minority 33th, housing 74th.
Q5
Is tract 55025001802 considered part of Tenney-Lapham?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025001802 fall within Tenney-Lapham (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025001802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 196 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025001802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.39% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025001802 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.5% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025001802 compare to Madison overall?
Tract 55025001802 scores 5.9/10, 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 55025001802 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. 6% 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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