Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally

Wausau Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 55073001105 · Marathon County, WI · pop 2,116 · 13% of tract blocks fall in Wausau

Census tract 55073001105 runs through Wausau. With 2,116 residents, it scores 4.4/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #68,137 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,042 a month against an average household income of $68,889 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 5% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.7

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 4% Owners 95%

Tract context

Occupied units862

Renter share5.5%

SVI overall0.06

Poverty rate8.2%

Median income$68,889

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wausau and the region

Centroid at 44.9823, -89.5549 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wausau scores 3.7

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

8.2% poverty · this tract

2.0

Supply constraint

$1,042 rent vs county FMR

4.9

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 Wausau compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 6

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

4%Socioeconomic
18%Household composition
1%Racial/ethnic minority
24%Housing & transportation

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.

8.0%Housing insecurity
4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
9.7%Food insecurity
10.0%SNAP enrollment
5.5%Transit barriers
6.5%No health insurance
14.1%Frequent mental distress
29.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wausau

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 safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 6th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.5% 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 55073001105

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55073001105?

Census tract 55073001105 in Wausau scores 3.7/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 55073001105?

Median gross rent is $1,042/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 55073001105?

8.2% of residents in tract 55073001105 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,116.

How socially vulnerable is tract 55073001105?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 18th, minority 1th, housing 24th.

What share of households in tract 55073001105 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.0% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 55073001105 compare to Wausau overall?

Tract 55073001105 scores 3.7/10, 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.