Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Sauk City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55111000700 · Sauk County, WI · pop 3,054 · 85% of tract blocks fall in Sauk City
How risky is Sauk City in Sauk County for landlords? Census tract 55111000700 scores 3.9/10, the Lower tier. It lands near the 10th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
42% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,173 a month while the average household earns $87,697 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,275
Renter share22.4%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate5.3%
Median income$87,697
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sauk City and the region
Centroid at 43.2603, -89.7707 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sauk City scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sauk City
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
5.3% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,173 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sauk City
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sauk City
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sauk City
3.1
How Sauk City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%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)
- 78Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.6%Peak (2011)
- 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% 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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.9%Food insecurity
- 9.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 29.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sauk City
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 5.8/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Sauk City, 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th 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.
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 55111000700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55111000700?
Census tract 55111000700 in Sauk City 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 55111000700?
Median gross rent is $1,173/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55111000700?
5.3% of residents in tract 55111000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,054.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55111000700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 15th, minority 4th, housing 20th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55111000700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 78 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55111000700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.62% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55111000700 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55111000700 compare to Sauk City overall?
Tract 55111000700 scores 2.6/10, lower than the parent city of Sauk City at 3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sauk City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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