Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 55111000601 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55111000601 · Sauk County, WI · pop 1,668
The Lower-tier score of 3.4/10 for census tract 55111000601 reflects conditions in Sauk, Wisconsin. That is riskier than about 4% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 23% of renter households, a moderate level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $961 monthly, set against $107,019 in average yearly household income, roughly 11% of income at the averages. About 13% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units573
Renter share12.7%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$107,019
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sauk County and the region
Centroid at 43.3636, -89.8950 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 55111000601 scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$961 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 55111000601 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 28%Housing & transportation
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.
- 7.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.6%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 6.1%No health insurance
- 14.6%Frequent mental distress
- 29.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 55111000601
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by Wisconsin eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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 17th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.0% 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 55111000601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55111000601?
Census tract 55111000601 in Sauk County scores 2.1/10 (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 55111000601?
Median gross rent is $961/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55111000601?
3.1% of residents in tract 55111000601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,668.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55111000601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 42th, minority 13th, housing 28th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 55111000601 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.3% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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