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Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally

Creekstone Eviction Risk: Elevated , Kennewick

Tract 53005011002 · Benton County, WA · pop 5,150 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

Tract 53005011002 sits in the Creekstone area of Kennewick eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7/10. It is home to 5,150 residents. It sits 1.8 points above the Benton County average of 5.2.

Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 26% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,922
Renter share54.3%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$54,789

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Creekstone
Moderate
Within parent city
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 16 tracts In Kennewick
Elevated
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 45 tracts In Benton County
High
Within state
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#487 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kennewick and the region

Centroid at 46.2042, -119.1695 · click any tract to drill in

Why Creekstone scores 7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Kennewick
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,104 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kennewick
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kennewick
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kennewick
7.1

How Creekstone compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Creekstone risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.0This tracttract 0110025.9Kennewickparent city5.2Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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)

  • 25Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 2.40%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.4%Peak (2004)
  • 25Filings in 2004 (latest validated)
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Creekstone

Cost burden runs about half here against 42.8% across Benton County. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 7.7/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.3/10.

Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.6/10.

Court records carry 25 eviction filings across 1 observed years. At $1,104 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Kennewick commands.

The worst year on record was 2004, when 2.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 9.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 53005011002

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53005011002?

Census tract 53005011002 in the Creekstone neighborhood scores 7/10 (Elevated 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 53005011002?

Median gross rent is $1,104/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53005011002?

13.0% of residents in tract 53005011002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,150.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53005011002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 82th, minority 62th, housing 95th.
Q5

Is tract 53005011002 considered part of Creekstone?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53005011002 fall within Creekstone (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53005011002?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 25 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 53005011002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.40% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53005011002 compare to Kennewick overall?

Tract 53005011002 scores 7/10, higher than the parent city of Kennewick at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kennewick eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kennewick

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

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