1 census tracts · pop 5,588 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.3/10
· range 3.3–3.3
Royal Oaks is a one-tract neighborhood of Sun Prairie, WI, population 5,588. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3.3/10, in the Lower tier. Against a Sun Prairie baseline of 28.6%, 40% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.2/10. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 7.9/10.
15% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.3/10. Court records for this tract carry 261 eviction filings.
Food insecurity affects 8.8% of adults, 9.0 points below the national rate. Filing activity peaked in 2009 at 7.5% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 1.0% in 2017, is well off that peak. That places it #3 of 7 neighborhoods in Sun Prairie. For a like-for-like read, Carriage Hills and Sunburst score within a fraction of it.
Against average income of $100,024, annual rent is only 18%, a wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Average gross rent runs $1,465, close to the Sun Prairie average.
One tract means one number: 3.3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Royal Oaks vs Sun PrairieHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority31%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport37%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Royal Oaks
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
261Total filings (sum)
3.56%Avg annual filing rate
7.5%Peak year (2009)
1.00%Latest filed (2017)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Royal Oaks
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.2%Housing insecurity
4.3%Utility shutoff threat
8.8%Food insecurity
8.0%SNAP enrollment
6.5%No health insurance
21.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Royal Oaks
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Royal Oaks?
Royal Oaks scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Royal Oaks compare to Sun Prairie overall?
Royal Oaks scores 0.7 points lower than Sun Prairie overall (4/10). Renters spend 40% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,465 vs $1,419.
Q3
What is the average rent in Royal Oaks?
Average gross rent in Royal Oaks is $1,465/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Royal Oaks residents are renters?
45% of Royal Oaks households are renter-occupied (vs 39% in Sun Prairie). The neighborhood has 5,588 residents.
Q5
Is Royal Oaks a high social-vulnerability area?
Royal Oaks sits in the 12th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Royal Oaks for landlords?
Royal Oaks carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Sun Prairie as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Royal Oaks?
Royal Oaks has 5,698 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (78.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (7.5%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (6.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
