Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Merrimac Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55111000500 · Sauk County, WI · pop 3,562 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Merrimac
Here is how census tract 55111000500, in Merrimac, looks to a landlord: a 3.7/10 eviction-risk score (Lower tier) across a population of 3,562. That is riskier than about 7% of US census tracts.
37% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $928 monthly, set against $85,938 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,486
Renter share17.1%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$85,938
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Merrimac and the region
Centroid at 43.3927, -89.7374 · click any tract to drill in
Why Merrimac scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Merrimac
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$928 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Merrimac
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Merrimac
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Merrimac
2.0
How Merrimac compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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)
- 154Total filings over 14 yrs
- 4.55%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.6%Peak (2012)
- 8Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% 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.
- 9.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.1%Food insecurity
- 12.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 31.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Merrimac
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 4.5/10. 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 Merrimac, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Sauk County average of 4.0 and below the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 63rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 55111000500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55111000500?
Census tract 55111000500 in Merrimac scores 2.6/10 (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 55111000500?
Median gross rent is $928/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55111000500?
9.8% of residents in tract 55111000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,562.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55111000500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 82th, minority 29th, housing 82th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55111000500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 154 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 55111000500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.55% of renter households, peaking at 9.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55111000500 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.7% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55111000500 compare to Merrimac overall?
Tract 55111000500 scores 2.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Merrimac at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Merrimac; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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