Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Stoughton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55025012300 · Dane County, WI · pop 5,023 · 72% of tract blocks fall in Stoughton
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 55025012300 (Stoughton, Wisconsin) comes in at 4.5/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 21% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 37% of renter households, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,196 a month against an average household income of $83,092 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 34% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units2,159
Renter share34.0%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$83,092
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
34
th percentile
Low
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Stoughton and the region
Centroid at 42.8999, -89.2133 · click any tract to drill in
Why Stoughton scores 2.4
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
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,196 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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)
- 361Total filings over 13 yrs
- 4.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.0%Peak (2014)
- 13Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 41% 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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.7%Food insecurity
- 10.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 26.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Stoughton
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 safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 40th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025012300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025012300?
Census tract 55025012300 in Stoughton scores 2.4/10 (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 55025012300?
Median gross rent is $1,196/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025012300?
7.5% of residents in tract 55025012300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,023.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025012300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 32th, minority 11th, housing 73th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025012300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 361 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025012300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.10% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55025012300 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55025012300 compare to Stoughton overall?
Tract 55025012300 scores 2.4/10, 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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