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Neighborhood · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally

Southeast Side Eviction Risk: Lower , Wausau

Tract 55073000800 · Marathon County, WI · pop 3,431 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

How risky is the Southeast Side neighborhood of Wausau for landlords? Census tract 55073000800 scores 4.8/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 30% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,050 monthly, set against $68,828 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 12% Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,362
Renter share21.2%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$68,828

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Southeast Side
Moderate
Within parent city
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 12 tracts In Wausau
Very Low
Within county
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 32 tracts In Marathon County
Elevated
Within state
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#602 of 1,528 tracts In Wisconsin
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wausau and the region

Centroid at 44.9321, -89.6236 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southeast Side scores 3.6

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
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,050 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Southeast Side compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Southeast Side risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.63.6This tracttract 000800Wausau: 3.03.0Wausauparent cityCounty: 3.13.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 34

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)

  • 61Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 2.67%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.8%Peak (2011)
  • 7Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2007 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 550730008002007: 4 filings (1.37/100 renter HHs)2008: 5 filings (1.71/100 renter HHs)2009: 6 filings (2.05/100 renter HHs)2010: 7 filings (2.38/100 renter HHs)2011: 13 filings (5.78/100 renter HHs)2013: 4 filings (1.78/100 renter HHs)2014: 5 filings (2.22/100 renter HHs)2015: 10 filings (4.44/100 renter HHs)2017: 7 filings (2.27/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 75% 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 Southeast Side

The heaviest input here is 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 about the same as the Marathon County average of 4.5 and in line with the Wisconsin statewide average of 4.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 61 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 2.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.8% of renter households in 2011.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 55073000800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55073000800?

Census tract 55073000800 in the Southeast Side neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 55073000800?

Median gross rent is $1,050/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 55073000800?

6.2% of residents in tract 55073000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,431.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 55073000800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 64th, minority 12th, housing 24th.
Q5

Is tract 55073000800 considered part of Southeast Side?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 55073000800 fall within Southeast Side (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 55073000800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 61 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 55073000800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.67% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 55073000800 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.3% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 55073000800 compare to Wausau overall?

Tract 55073000800 scores 3.6/10, 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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