Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Baraboo Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55111000302 · Sauk County, WI · pop 1,213 · 52% of tract blocks fall in Baraboo
How risky is Baraboo for landlords? Census tract 55111000302 scores 3.3/10, the Lower tier. That is riskier than roughly 3% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
13% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $750 monthly, set against $88,542 in average yearly household income, roughly 10% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units519
Renter share40.1%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$88,542
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
22
th percentile
Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Baraboo and the region
Centroid at 43.4724, -89.7563 · click any tract to drill in
Why Baraboo scores 2.2
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
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$750 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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 Baraboo compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 63%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%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
- 12.0%Food insecurity
- 12.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 30.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Baraboo
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.2/10. 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 Baraboo, 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 23rd 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 10.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.8% 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 55111000302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55111000302?
Census tract 55111000302 in Baraboo scores 2.2/10 (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 55111000302?
Median gross rent is $750/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 13% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55111000302?
4.4% of residents in tract 55111000302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,213.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55111000302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 63th, minority 5th, housing 5th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 55111000302 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 55111000302 compare to Baraboo overall?
Tract 55111000302 scores 2.2/10, lower than the parent city of Baraboo at 2.9/10. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Baraboo
Top eight tracts in Baraboo ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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