Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Lakewood Eviction Risk: Lower , Baraboo
Tract 55111000301 · Sauk County, WI · pop 3,762 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
With a score of 3.5/10, tract 55111000301 in the Lakewood area of Baraboo, WI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,762 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,777
Renter share37.3%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate2.9%
Median income$64,171
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Baraboo and the region
Centroid at 43.4518, -89.7382 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakewood scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Baraboo
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
2.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,046 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Baraboo
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Baraboo
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Baraboo
4.6
How Lakewood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%Housing & transportation
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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.2%Food insecurity
- 11.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 31.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lakewood
The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.6/10. Cost burden runs 37% here against 31.8% across Sauk County.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,046, 11% above the Baraboo average.
On the national scale it lands near the 31st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
It tracks the Sauk County average of 3.7 closely. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $64,171.
37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 55111000301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55111000301?
Census tract 55111000301 in the Lakewood neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 55111000301?
Median gross rent is $1,046/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55111000301?
2.9% of residents in tract 55111000301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,762.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55111000301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 29th, minority 29th, housing 70th.
Q5
Is tract 55111000301 considered part of Lakewood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55111000301 fall within Lakewood (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 55111000301 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55111000301 compare to Baraboo overall?
Tract 55111000301 scores 3.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Baraboo at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Baraboo; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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