Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Marion Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 55135100100 · Waupaca County, WI · pop 3,584 · 20% of tract blocks fall in Marion
55135100100 is a census tract in Marion, WI. It scores 3.9/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,584. The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 2.7/10.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,446
Renter share17.3%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$70,455
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Marion and the region
Centroid at 44.6360, -88.7572 · click any tract to drill in
Why Marion scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Marion
3.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$729 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Marion
3.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Marion
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Marion
5.5
How Marion compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%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)
- 77Total filings over 19 yrs
- 1.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.0%Peak (2014)
- 6Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% over the past 19 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
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.9%Food insecurity
- 14.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 34.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Marion
Against Waupaca County at 34.2%, 28% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.8/10. 10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
The filing record is not thin: 77 evictions over 19 years of observation. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.9/10.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 3.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $70,455, annual rent is just 12%.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Waupaca County average of 3.7 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 55135100100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55135100100?
Census tract 55135100100 in Marion scores 3.9/10 (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 55135100100?
Median gross rent is $729/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 55135100100?
11.9% of residents in tract 55135100100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,584.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 55135100100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 69th, minority 4th, housing 75th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55135100100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 77 eviction filings across 19 validated years in tract 55135100100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.35% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 55135100100 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 55135100100 compare to Marion overall?
Tract 55135100100 scores 3.9/10, higher than the parent city of Marion at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Marion; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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