Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Westmorland Eviction Risk: Lower , Madison
Tract 55025000401 · Dane County, WI · pop 3,462 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 55025000401 belongs to Westmorland in Madison, Wisconsin. It is home to 3,462 residents and scores 4.4/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 19th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 24% of renter households, a moderate level, and 2% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,814 monthly, set against $131,058 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,606
Renter share21.2%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$131,058
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Madison and the region
Centroid at 43.0547, -89.4483 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westmorland scores 3
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
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,814 rent vs county FMR
7.3
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 Westmorland 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
- 30%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 1%Grade A
- 27%Grade B
- 1%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)
- 15Total filings over 8 yrs
- 1.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.9%Peak (2002)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% 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.
- 4.6%Housing insecurity
- 2.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.4%Food insecurity
- 3.9%SNAP enrollment
- 3.3%Transit barriers
- 3.8%No health insurance
- 11.3%Frequent mental distress
- 19.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westmorland
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 7.3/10. 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 below the Dane County average of 4.8 and in line with the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 15 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 1.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.9% of renter households in 2002.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025000401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025000401?
Census tract 55025000401 in the Westmorland neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 55025000401?
Median gross rent is $1,814/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025000401?
3.4% of residents in tract 55025000401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,462.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025000401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 30th, minority 18th, housing 19th.
Q5
Is tract 55025000401 considered part of Westmorland?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025000401 fall within Westmorland (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025000401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 15 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 55025000401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.60% of renter households, peaking at 3.9% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025000401 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.6% 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. 2.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025000401 compare to Madison overall?
Tract 55025000401 scores 3/10, 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 55025000401 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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