Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Westview Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Sun Prairie
Tract 55025011505 · Dane County, WI · pop 4,011 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 55025011505 sits in the Westview Heights area of Sun Prairie eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. The dominant input is local political climate at 7.9/10.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,700
Renter share48.5%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate13.3%
Median income$71,042
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sun Prairie and the region
Centroid at 43.1865, -89.2254 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westview Heights scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sun Prairie
7.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
13.3% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,172 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sun Prairie
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sun Prairie
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sun Prairie
4.5
How Westview Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 49%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)
- 721Total filings over 13 yrs
- 6.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.2%Peak (2007)
- 70Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 40% 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.
- 13.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.0%Food insecurity
- 17.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 9.7%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 30.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westview Heights
The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10.
Average gross rent is $1,172, 17% below the Sun Prairie average. Court records carry 721 eviction filings across 13 observed years. It sits 0.7 points above the Dane County average of 4.2.
The worst year on record was 2007, when 8.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.0% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.3/10. Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. 41% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
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 55025011505
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025011505?
Census tract 55025011505 in the Westview Heights neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 55025011505?
Median gross rent is $1,172/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025011505?
13.3% of residents in tract 55025011505 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,011.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025011505?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 57th, minority 49th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 55025011505 considered part of Westview Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025011505 fall within Westview Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025011505?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 721 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025011505 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.02% of renter households, peaking at 8.2% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025011505 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.6% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025011505 compare to Sun Prairie overall?
Tract 55025011505 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Sun Prairie at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sun Prairie eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sun Prairie
Top eight tracts in Sun Prairie ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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