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Scenic Ridge Eviction Risk: Lower , Verona

Tract 55025013700 · Dane County, WI · pop 7,226 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Tract 55025013700 sits in the Scenic Ridge area of Verona eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 7,226. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 22% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units3,307
Renter share37.1%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate1.7%
Median income$103,906

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Scenic Ridge
Moderate
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Verona
Very Low
Within county
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#109 of 125 tracts In Dane County
Very Low
Within state
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#1,083 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Verona and the region

Centroid at 42.9629, -89.5422 · click any tract to drill in

Why Scenic Ridge scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Verona
7.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
1.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,371 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Verona
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Verona
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Verona
3.7

How Scenic Ridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Scenic Ridge risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0137004.0Veronaparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 17

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)

  • 164Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 2.01%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.0%Peak (2002)
  • 16Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 55025013700
Filings climbed 33% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Scenic Ridge

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.9/10.

It sits 1.2 points below the Dane County average of 4.2. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10.

Court records carry 164 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,371, 15% below the Verona average.

Housing insecurity runs 6.2% against 14.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Filings peaked in 2002 at 7.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.0% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.6/10.

Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $103,906, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 55025013700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025013700?

Census tract 55025013700 in the Scenic Ridge neighborhood scores 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 55025013700?

Median gross rent is $1,371/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55025013700?

1.7% of residents in tract 55025013700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,226.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55025013700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 21th, minority 11th, housing 53th.
Q5

Is tract 55025013700 considered part of Scenic Ridge?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025013700 fall within Scenic Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025013700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 164 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025013700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.01% of renter households, peaking at 7.0% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55025013700 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.2% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55025013700 compare to Verona overall?

Tract 55025013700 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Verona at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Verona eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Verona

Top eight tracts in Verona ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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