Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Ironton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55111000901 · Sauk County, WI · pop 2,250 · 12% of tract blocks fall in Ironton
Tract 55111000901 sits in Ironton, WI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.4/10. It is home to 2,250 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 2.4/10.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units830
Renter share21.1%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$73,286
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ironton and the region
Centroid at 43.5072, -90.0873 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ironton scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ironton
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,066 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ironton
3.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ironton
3.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ironton
6.2
How Ironton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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.
- 10.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.2%Food insecurity
- 14.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 8.6%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 34.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ironton
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.5/10. Cost burden runs 27% here against 31.8% across Sauk County.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.9/10. At $1,066 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Ironton commands. On the national scale it lands near the 29th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
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. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6/10. Against average income of $73,286, annual rent is just 17%.
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 55111000901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55111000901?
Census tract 55111000901 in Ironton scores 3.4/10 (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 55111000901?
Median gross rent is $1,066/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55111000901?
9.5% of residents in tract 55111000901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,250.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55111000901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 65th, minority 12th, housing 67th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 55111000901 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.2% 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.
Q6
How does tract 55111000901 compare to Ironton overall?
Tract 55111000901 scores 3.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Ironton at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ironton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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