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Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally

Fox Bluff Eviction Risk: Moderate , Middleton

Tract 55025011103 · Dane County, WI · pop 5,786 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

55025011103 is a census tract in the Fox Bluff area of Middleton, WI. It scores 4.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,786 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 42% Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units2,714
Renter share57.7%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate5.2%
Median income$77,885

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Fox Bluff
Moderate
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 6 tracts In Middleton
High
Within county
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#54 of 125 tracts In Dane County
Elevated
Within state
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#444 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Middleton and the region

Centroid at 43.1223, -89.4531 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fox Bluff scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Middleton
7.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
5.2% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,241 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Middleton
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Middleton
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Middleton
4.2

How Fox Bluff compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fox Bluff risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.4This tracttract 0111034.5Middletonparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 8

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

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 Fox Bluff

Against Dane County at 41.3%, 28% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.3/10.

Running hot, local political climate reads 7.9/10. SNAP participation runs 6.6% against 15.2% nationally.

Housing insecurity runs 6.6% against 14.2% nationally. At $1,241 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Middleton commands. That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. It tracks the Dane County average of 4.2 closely.

Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $77,885. 58% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 55025011103

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025011103?

Census tract 55025011103 in the Fox Bluff neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 55025011103?

Median gross rent is $1,241/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55025011103?

5.2% of residents in tract 55025011103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,786.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55025011103?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 9th, minority 29th, housing 22th.
Q5

Is tract 55025011103 considered part of Fox Bluff?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025011103 fall within Fox Bluff (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 55025011103 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.6% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 55025011103 compare to Middleton overall?

Tract 55025011103 scores 4.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Middleton at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Middleton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Middleton

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

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