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Neighborhood · Madison, WI

Woodland Hills Eviction Risk: Lower

1 census tracts · pop 4,967 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.6/10 · range 3.6–3.6

Woodland Hills is a one-tract neighborhood of Madison, WI and houses 4,967 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3.6/10, placing it in the Lower tier. Against a Madison baseline of 30.1%, roughly one in two of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1/10. 19% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 4.9% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.

Food insecurity affects 5.6% of adults, 12.2 points below the national rate. Court records for this tract carry 36 eviction filings. On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 7/10.

The worst year on record was 2002, when filings touched 1.0% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 0.4% in 2017, is well off that peak.

Among the 61 mapped neighborhoods of Madison, it ranks #52 by risk, the lower third. Only 27% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

The closest comparables inside the same city are Dudgeon-Monroe and Glacier Ridge. Rent takes 16% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.

Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Average gross rent runs $1,401, close to the Madison average.

One tract means one number: 3.6/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
3.6
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Woodland Hills vs Madison How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
52.5% +74%
Madison: 30.1%
Average gross rent
$1,401 -1%
Madison: $1,413
Average HH income
$102,369 +33%
Madison: $76,983
Poverty rate
2.3% -86%
Madison: 16.2%
Renter share
26.8% -50%
Madison: 54.0%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Woodland Hills and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 3.6–3.6

Why Woodland Hills scores 3.6

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.9–2.9 across tracts
2.9
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.6–7.6 across tracts
7.6
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 8.0–8.0 across tracts
8.0
Rent control risk
53% of income on rent · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
27% renter households · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Economic stress
2.3% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 4.5–4.5 across tracts
4.5
Risk score comparison

Woodland Hills vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Woodland Hills score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.6Woodland HillsNeighborhood4.6Parent cityhost city3.9Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Woodland Hills

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
55025000205 3.6 4,967 53% $1,401
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 10

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 8%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 21%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 32%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 21%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Woodland Hills

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 36Total filings (sum)
  • 0.47%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.0%Peak year (2002)
  • 0.39%Latest filed (2017)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Woodland Hills

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Woodland Hills

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Woodland Hills?

Woodland Hills scores 3.6/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Woodland Hills compare to Madison overall?

Woodland Hills scores 1.0 points lower than Madison overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 53% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,401 vs $1,413.
Q3

What is the average rent in Woodland Hills?

Average gross rent in Woodland Hills is $1,401/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Woodland Hills residents are renters?

27% of Woodland Hills households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Madison). The neighborhood has 4,967 residents.
Q5

Is Woodland Hills a high social-vulnerability area?

Woodland Hills sits in the 10th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Woodland Hills for landlords?

Woodland Hills carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.6/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Madison as a whole (4.6/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Woodland Hills?

Woodland Hills has 4,931 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (82.4%), Other / Multiracial (6.3%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (5.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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