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Eviction Risk in Castle Creek , Waunakee

1 census tracts · pop 3,248 · pop-weighted composite 4.1/10 · range 4.1–4.1

Castle Creek is a white (non-hispanic) neighborhood in Waunakee with 1 census tract and a population of 3,248 residents. The neighborhood's pop-weighted eviction-risk score of 4.1/10 (Moderate tier) blends state law, county-level filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden + poverty. 35% of renters here pay at least 30% of household income on rent, and 22% are severely cost-burdened (≥50% of income). Median gross rent of $1,283/month sits 3% lower than the Waunakee citywide median ($1,324).

Eviction Risk
4.1
Moderate tier · pop-weighted across tracts
Rent burden
35%
22% severely burdened
Median rent
$1,283
Median household income
$100,646
3.2% below poverty line
Risk score comparison

Castle Creek vs. parent city, state, and U.S.

Composite landlord eviction-risk score (0–10 scale).

Castle Creek score vs. parent city, state, U.S.U.S. avg = 5.0Castle Creek: 4.14.1Castle CreekNeighborhoodParent city: 4.14.1Parent cityhost cityState: 4.54.5Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.35.3U.S.national avg
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by composite score.

Peer · WI
Hubbard Avenue Addition
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
1 tracts · pop. 4.6K
Peer · WI
Prairie Hills
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
1 tracts · pop. 5.1K
Peer · WI
Nakoma
4.0
/ 10 · Moderate
1 tracts · pop. 3.1K
Peer · WI
Sunset Village
4.0
/ 10 · Moderate
1 tracts · pop. 2.2K
Comparison

Castle Creek vs Waunakee

How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average.

Composite score
4.1 +0%
Waunakee: 4.1
Rent burden
34.7% +43%
Waunakee: 24.3%
Median gross rent
$1,283 -3%
Waunakee: $1,324
Median HH income
$100,646 -22%
Waunakee: $128,750
Poverty rate
3.2% -14%
Waunakee: 3.7%
Renter share
40.5% +79%
Waunakee: 22.6%
Where

Tract centroids in Castle Creek

Dot color = eviction risk score for that tract.

Demographics

Racial & ethnic composition

White (non-Hispanic) Neighborhood — 3,209 residents across all tracts in Castle Creek. Source: ACS 5-year 2023 (B03002).

Hispanic / Latino: 9.8% White (non-Hispanic): 84.3% Black (non-Hispanic): 2.7% Other / Multiracial: 3.2%
  • Hispanic / Latino 9.8%
  • White (non-Hispanic) 84.3%
  • Black (non-Hispanic) 2.7%
  • Other / Multiracial 3.2%
Census tracts

1 tracts in Castle Creek

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop Rent burden Median rent
55025011302 4.1 3,248 35% $1,283
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 15

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 5%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 26%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 27%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 45%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Castle Creek

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 122Total filings (sum)
  • 1.81%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.3%Peak year (2007)
  • 0.36%Latest filed (2017)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Castle Creek

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Castle Creek

What is the eviction-risk score for Castle Creek?

Castle Creek scores 4.1/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted composite blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden and poverty signals.

How does Castle Creek compare to Waunakee overall?

Castle Creek scores 0.0 points higher than Waunakee overall (4.1/10). Rent burden: 35% vs 24% citywide. Median rent: $1,283 vs $1,324.

What is the median rent in Castle Creek?

Median gross rent in Castle Creek is $1,283/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Castle Creek residents are renters?

41% of Castle Creek households are renter-occupied (vs 23% in Waunakee). The neighborhood has 3,248 residents.

Is Castle Creek a high social-vulnerability area?

Castle Creek sits in the 15th 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.

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