Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Pleasant Hill Eviction Risk: Lower , Stoughton
Tract 55025012202 · Dane County, WI · pop 6,788 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
In Pleasant Hill in Stoughton, census tract 55025012202 scores 4.8/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 30th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
46% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,173 a month while the average household earns $80,288 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,777
Renter share28.1%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$80,288
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Stoughton and the region
Centroid at 42.9290, -89.2362 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pleasant Hill scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Stoughton
7.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,173 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Stoughton
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Stoughton
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Stoughton
4.2
How Pleasant Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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)
- 343Total filings over 13 yrs
- 3.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2001)
- 15Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 63% 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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.3%Food insecurity
- 9.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pleasant Hill
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Stoughton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 343 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 3.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.9% of renter households in 2001.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025012202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025012202?
Census tract 55025012202 in the Pleasant Hill neighborhood scores 2.5/10 (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 55025012202?
Median gross rent is $1,173/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025012202?
8.0% of residents in tract 55025012202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,788.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025012202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 78th, minority 12th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 55025012202 considered part of Pleasant Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025012202 fall within Pleasant Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025012202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 343 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025012202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.11% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025012202 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025012202 compare to Stoughton overall?
Tract 55025012202 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Stoughton at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Stoughton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Stoughton
Top eight tracts in Stoughton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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