Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Park Lawn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Middleton
Tract 55025011101 · Dane County, WI · pop 5,623 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 55025011101 sits in the Park Lawn area of Middleton eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. It is home to 5,623 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units2,678
Renter share56.0%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate17.4%
Median income$74,931
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Middleton and the region
Centroid at 43.1018, -89.4992 · click any tract to drill in
Why Park Lawn scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
17.4% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,254 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Park Lawn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%Housing & transportation
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)
- 368Total filings over 13 yrs
- 2.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2010)
- 14Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 64% 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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.7%Food insecurity
- 11.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 27.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Park Lawn
It sits 1.6 points above the Dane County average of 4.2. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.9/10.
Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 41.3% across Dane County. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.6/10. The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 368 filings here across 13 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,254, 13% below the Middleton average. The worst year on record was 2010, when 3.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #20,506 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.8/10.
Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.9 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025011101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025011101?
Census tract 55025011101 in the Park Lawn neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 55025011101?
Median gross rent is $1,254/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025011101?
17.4% of residents in tract 55025011101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,623.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025011101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 65th, minority 44th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 55025011101 considered part of Park Lawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025011101 fall within Park Lawn (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025011101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 368 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025011101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.42% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025011101 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025011101 compare to Middleton overall?
Tract 55025011101 scores 5.8/10, higher than 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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