Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Merrimac Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55111000500 · Sauk County, WI · pop 3,562 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Merrimac
Census tract 55111000500 covers part of Merrimac, WI, and scores 3.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,562 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,486
Renter share17.1%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$85,938
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Merrimac and the region
Centroid at 43.3927, -89.7374 · click any tract to drill in
Why Merrimac scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Merrimac
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$928 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Merrimac
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Merrimac
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Merrimac
2.0
How Merrimac compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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)
- 154Total filings over 14 yrs
- 4.55%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.6%Peak (2012)
- 8Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% 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.
- 9.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.1%Food insecurity
- 12.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 31.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Merrimac
26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, housing-court posture reads 2/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.4/10. Against Sauk County at 31.8%, 37% of renters here are cost-burdened.
The filing record is not thin: 154 evictions over 14 years of observation. Against the Sauk County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 9.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.6% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 17% 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 6.7/10. Against average income of $85,938, annual rent is just 13%.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55111000500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55111000500?
Census tract 55111000500 in Merrimac scores 3.1/10 (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 55111000500?
Median gross rent is $928/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55111000500?
9.8% of residents in tract 55111000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,562.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55111000500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 82th, minority 29th, housing 82th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55111000500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 154 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 55111000500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.55% of renter households, peaking at 9.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55111000500 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.7% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55111000500 compare to Merrimac overall?
Tract 55111000500 scores 3.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Merrimac at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Merrimac; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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