Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

Wausau Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 55073001401 · Marathon County, WI · pop 4,133 · 55% of tract blocks fall in Wausau

55073001401 is a census tract in Wausau, WI. It scores 4/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,133 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.4/10.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 21% Owners 62%

Tract context

Occupied units1,545

Renter share38.8%

SVI overall0.55

Poverty rate13.2%

Median income$97,546

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wausau and the region

Centroid at 45.0004, -89.7360 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wausau scores 4

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

13.2% poverty · this tract

3.3

Supply constraint

$1,059 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 Wausau compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 55

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

23%Socioeconomic
95%Household composition
27%Racial/ethnic minority
65%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
9.9%Food insecurity
10.1%SNAP enrollment
5.6%Transit barriers
6.7%No health insurance
14.2%Frequent mental distress
27.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wausau

17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. 45% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Marathon County average of 37.6%.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.4/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.9/10.

Food insecurity runs 9.9% against 17.8% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $97,546, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Marathon County average of 3.8 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,059, close to the Wausau average. 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 55073001401

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 55073001401?

Census tract 55073001401 in Wausau scores 4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 55073001401?

Median gross rent is $1,059/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 55073001401?

13.2% of residents in tract 55073001401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,133.

How socially vulnerable is tract 55073001401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 95th, minority 27th, housing 65th.

What share of households in tract 55073001401 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 55073001401 compare to Wausau overall?

Tract 55073001401 scores 4/10, right in line with 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wausau

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