Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Sixmile Creek Eviction Risk: Lower , Waunakee
Tract 55025011301 · Dane County, WI · pop 6,821 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 55025011301 in the Sixmile Creek area of Waunakee, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,821. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.5/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units2,664
Renter share21.4%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$119,871
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Waunakee and the region
Centroid at 43.2017, -89.4539 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sixmile 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
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,197 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Sixmile Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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)
- 75Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.2%Peak (2002)
- 4Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 56% 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.
- 6.6%Housing insecurity
- 3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.9%Food insecurity
- 6.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.4%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 23.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sixmile 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 the Dane County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points.
Food insecurity runs 6.9% against 17.8% nationally. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.6/10. SNAP participation runs 6.6% against 15.2% nationally.
Court records carry 75 eviction filings across 13 observed years. At $1,197 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Waunakee commands.
Filings peaked in 2002 at 2.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.1% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 21% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
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 55025011301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55025011301?
Census tract 55025011301 in the Sixmile 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 55025011301?
Median gross rent is $1,197/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55025011301?
6.0% of residents in tract 55025011301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,821.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55025011301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 42th, minority 19th, housing 38th.
Q5
Is tract 55025011301 considered part of Sixmile Creek?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55025011301 fall within Sixmile Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55025011301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 75 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55025011301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.09% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 55025011301 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.6% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 55025011301 compare to Waunakee overall?
Tract 55025011301 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.
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