Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Castle Creek Eviction Risk: Lower , Waunakee
Tract 55025011302 · Dane County, WI · pop 3,248 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 55025011302 sits in the Castle Creek area of Waunakee eviction risk, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
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
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
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 3
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 severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.9/10.
Against Dane County at 41.3%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 1.2 points below the Dane County average of 4.2. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.6/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 122 filings here across 13 tracked years. SNAP participation runs 6.8% against 15.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The worst year on record was 2007, when 4.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.8% 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 2.4/10.
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 55025011302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025011302?
Census tract 55025011302 in the Castle Creek 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 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 3/10, lower than the parent city of Waunakee at 3.5/10. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Waunakee
Top eight tracts in Waunakee ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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