Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Baraboo Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 55111000402 · Sauk County, WI · pop 3,338 · 72% of tract blocks fall in Baraboo
Tract 55111000402 sits in Baraboo, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.3/10. Population here is 3,338. The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,597
Renter share34.4%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$75,639
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Baraboo and the region
Centroid at 43.4614, -89.6490 · click any tract to drill in
Why Baraboo scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Baraboo
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$862 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Baraboo
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Baraboo
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Baraboo
4.6
How Baraboo compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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)
- 144Total filings over 14 yrs
- 1.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2010)
- 7Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 17% over the past 14 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 9.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.9%Food insecurity
- 12.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 7.5%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 30.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Baraboo
The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 2.6/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.2/10. The filing record is not thin: 144 evictions over 14 years of observation.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.9/10. The worst year on record was 2010, when 3.2% of renter households were served.
Average gross rent is $862, 8% below the Baraboo average. In a typical year about 1.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #44,239 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $75,639, annual rent is just 14%.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. 30% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Sauk County average of 3.7 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55111000402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55111000402?
Census tract 55111000402 in Baraboo scores 4.3/10 (Moderate 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 55111000402?
Median gross rent is $862/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55111000402?
13.8% of residents in tract 55111000402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,338.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55111000402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 15th, minority 20th, housing 56th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55111000402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 144 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 55111000402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.92% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55111000402 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.9% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55111000402 compare to Baraboo overall?
Tract 55111000402 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Baraboo at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Baraboo; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Baraboo
Top eight tracts in Baraboo ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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