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Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally

Franklin Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wausau

Tract 55073000700 · Marathon County, WI · pop 5,283 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 5.3/10, tract 55073000700 in the Franklin Heights area of Wausau, WI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,283. 29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 30% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units2,374
Renter share52.5%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate16.2%
Median income$59,722

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Franklin Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 12 tracts In Wausau
High
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 32 tracts In Marathon County
Very High
Within state
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#179 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wausau and the region

Centroid at 44.9557, -89.6027 · click any tract to drill in

Why Franklin Heights scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Wausau
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
Wisconsin legislature & governorship
2.9
Economic stress
16.2% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$839 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wausau
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wausau
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wausau
6.0

How Franklin Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Franklin Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.3This tracttract 0007004.0Wausauparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 314Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 2.92%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.6%Peak (2017)
  • 52Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2007 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 55073000700
Filings climbed 58% over the past 9 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Franklin Heights

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.4/10. It sits 1.5 points above the Marathon County average of 3.8.

Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.4/10. Against Marathon County at 37.6%, 43% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Average gross rent is $839, 17% below the Wausau average. Court records carry 314 eviction filings across 9 observed years.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.9/10. The worst year on record was 2017, when 3.6% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 2.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $59,722, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the WI average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 55073000700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55073000700?

Census tract 55073000700 in the Franklin Heights neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (Moderate 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 55073000700?

Median gross rent is $839/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55073000700?

16.2% of residents in tract 55073000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,283.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55073000700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 89th, minority 30th, housing 76th.
Q5

Is tract 55073000700 considered part of Franklin Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55073000700 fall within Franklin Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55073000700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 314 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 55073000700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.92% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55073000700 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.3% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55073000700 compare to Wausau overall?

Tract 55073000700 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Wausau at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wausau eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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