Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Baraboo Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55111000401 · Sauk County, WI · pop 5,437 · 79% of tract blocks fall in Baraboo
In Baraboo in Sauk County, census tract 55111000401 scores 4.6/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 24% of US census tracts.
About 54% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $922 monthly, set against $77,778 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 25% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units2,348
Renter share24.6%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$77,778
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Baraboo and the region
Centroid at 43.4814, -89.7112 · click any tract to drill in
Why Baraboo scores 2.5
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
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$922 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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)
- 174Total filings over 14 yrs
- 1.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2017)
- 32Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 1,500% 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.
- 8.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.2%Food insecurity
- 10.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 32.2%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 above the Sauk County average of 4.0 and in line with the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 56th 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 174 eviction filings here over 14 tracked years, with about 1.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.8% of renter households in 2017.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 55111000401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55111000401?
Census tract 55111000401 in Baraboo scores 2.5/10 (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 55111000401?
Median gross rent is $922/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55111000401?
7.1% of residents in tract 55111000401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,437.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55111000401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 81th, minority 7th, housing 76th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55111000401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 174 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 55111000401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.64% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55111000401 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.4% 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 55111000401 compare to Baraboo overall?
Tract 55111000401 scores 2.5/10, 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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