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Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally

Stoughton Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 55025012201 · Dane County, WI · pop 2,343 · 79% of tract blocks fall in Stoughton

55025012201 is a census tract in Stoughton, WI. It scores 3.3/10 for landlords. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.

Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 13% Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,152
Renter share20.6%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate2.8%
Median income$96,481

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Stoughton
Low
Within county
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#81 of 125 tracts In Dane County
Low
Within state
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#923 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Low
National
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#61,558 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Stoughton and the region

Centroid at 42.9275, -89.1942 · click any tract to drill in

Why Stoughton scores 3.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
2.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$955 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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 Stoughton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Stoughton risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.3This tracttract 0122014.0Stoughtonparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 18

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

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)

  • 82Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 2.22%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.6%Peak (2014)
  • 7Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 55025012201
Filings climbed 250% over the past 13 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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 Stoughton

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.5/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.9/10. Food insecurity runs 7.8% against 17.8% nationally.

Average gross rent is $955, 17% below the Stoughton average. Against the Dane County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 82 filings here across 13 tracked years. Cost burden runs 37% here against 41.3% across Dane County. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

The worst year on record was 2014, when 3.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 27th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 2.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

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 55025012201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025012201?

Census tract 55025012201 in Stoughton scores 3.3/10 (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 55025012201?

Median gross rent is $955/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55025012201?

2.8% of residents in tract 55025012201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,343.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55025012201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 31th, minority 5th, housing 51th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025012201?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 82 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025012201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.22% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 55025012201 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.0% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 55025012201 compare to Stoughton overall?

Tract 55025012201 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Stoughton at 4/10. 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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