Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 55111000601 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55111000601 · Sauk County, WI · pop 1,668
Census tract 55111000601 covers part of Sauk County, WI, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,668. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units573
Renter share12.7%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$107,019
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sauk County and the region
Centroid at 43.3636, -89.8950 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 55111000601 scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$961 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 55111000601 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 28%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.
- 7.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.6%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 6.1%No health insurance
- 14.6%Frequent mental distress
- 29.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 55111000601
about a quarter of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Sauk County average of 31.8%. 16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.9/10.
Food insecurity runs 8.6% against 17.8% nationally. Running cool, local political climate reads 2.9/10.
It sits 0.7 points below the Sauk County average of 3.7. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 13% 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 2.6/10. Against average income of $107,019, annual rent is just 11%.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55111000601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55111000601?
Census tract 55111000601 in Sauk County scores 3/10 (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 55111000601?
Median gross rent is $961/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55111000601?
3.1% of residents in tract 55111000601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,668.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55111000601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 42th, minority 13th, housing 28th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 55111000601 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.3% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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