Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Plain Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55111001100 · Sauk County, WI · pop 4,172 · 9% of tract blocks fall in Plain
Plain anchors census tract 55111001100, which lands at 3.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #79,229 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 22% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $969 a month while the average household earns $83,289 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 18% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,504
Renter share17.9%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$83,289
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Plain and the region
Centroid at 43.3429, -90.0811 · click any tract to drill in
Why Plain scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Plain
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$969 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Plain
1.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Plain
5.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Plain
3.7
How Plain compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%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)
- 29Total filings over 13 yrs
- 0.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.6%Peak (2017)
- 5Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 400% 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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.4%Food insecurity
- 16.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 35.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Plain
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 5.9/10. 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 Plain, 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 52nd 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 29 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 0.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.6% of renter households in 2017.
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 55111001100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55111001100?
Census tract 55111001100 in Plain 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 55111001100?
Median gross rent is $969/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55111001100?
10.0% of residents in tract 55111001100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,172.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55111001100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 36th, minority 5th, housing 75th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55111001100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 29 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 55111001100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.73% of renter households, peaking at 1.6% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55111001100 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55111001100 compare to Plain overall?
Tract 55111001100 scores 2.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Plain at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Plain; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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