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Neighborhood · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally

Northwest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wausau

Tract 55073000400 · Marathon County, WI · pop 5,380 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 55073000400 (Northwest in Wausau, Wisconsin) comes in at 5.1/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #50,257 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

41% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $744 a month while the average household earns $50,302 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 27% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units2,659
Renter share44.8%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate21.7%
Median income$50,302

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Northwest
Moderate
Within parent city
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#2 of 12 tracts In Wausau
Very High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 32 tracts In Marathon County
Very High
Within state
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#192 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wausau and the region

Centroid at 44.9826, -89.6415 · click any tract to drill in

Why Northwest scores 5.1

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
21.7% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$744 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Northwest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Northwest risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.15.1This tracttract 000400Wausau: 3.03.0Wausauparent cityCounty: 3.13.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 71

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)

  • 354Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 3.30%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.9%Peak (2014)
  • 30Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2007 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 550730004002007: 26 filings (2.29/100 renter HHs)2008: 55 filings (4.85/100 renter HHs)2009: 34 filings (3.00/100 renter HHs)2010: 36 filings (2.95/100 renter HHs)2011: 41 filings (3.40/100 renter HHs)2013: 37 filings (3.07/100 renter HHs)2014: 59 filings (4.90/100 renter HHs)2015: 36 filings (2.99/100 renter HHs)2017: 30 filings (2.24/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 15% 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 Northwest

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.4/10. 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 Wausau eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Marathon County average of 4.5 and above the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 71st 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.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 55073000400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55073000400?

Census tract 55073000400 in the Northwest neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 55073000400?

Median gross rent is $744/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55073000400?

21.7% of residents in tract 55073000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,380.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55073000400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 87th, minority 32th, housing 83th.
Q5

Is tract 55073000400 considered part of Northwest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55073000400 fall within Northwest (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55073000400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 354 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 55073000400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.30% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55073000400 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.3% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55073000400 compare to Wausau overall?

Tract 55073000400 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Wausau at 3/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wausau

Top eight tracts in Wausau ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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