Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally
Castle Creek Eviction Risk: Lower , Waunakee
Tract 55025011302 · Dane County, WI · pop 3,248 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 55025011302 covers Castle Creek in Waunakee, home to 3,248 residents. For landlords it grades 4.1/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 13% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 35% of renter households, a high level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,283 a month against an average household income of $100,646 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 41% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,406
Renter share40.5%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate3.2%
Median income$100,646
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Waunakee and the region
Centroid at 43.1863, -89.4353 · click any tract to drill in
Why Castle Creek scores 1.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Waunakee
7.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.6
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
3.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,283 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Waunakee
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Waunakee
5.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Waunakee
3.0
How Castle Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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)
- 122Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.3%Peak (2007)
- 2Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 78% 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.
- 6.9%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.2%Food insecurity
- 6.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 24.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Castle Creek
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 5.3/10. 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 Waunakee eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Dane County average of 4.8 and below the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 122 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 1.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.3% of renter households in 2007.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 15th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55025011302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025011302?
Census tract 55025011302 in the Castle Creek neighborhood scores 1.8/10 (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 55025011302?
Median gross rent is $1,283/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025011302?
3.2% of residents in tract 55025011302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,248.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025011302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 26th, minority 27th, housing 45th.
Q5
Is tract 55025011302 considered part of Castle Creek?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025011302 fall within Castle Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025011302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 122 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025011302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.81% of renter households, peaking at 4.3% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025011302 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.9% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025011302 compare to Waunakee overall?
Tract 55025011302 scores 1.8/10, lower than the parent city of Waunakee at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Waunakee eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Top eight tracts in Waunakee ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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