Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
Kennewick Civic Center Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 53005011401 · Benton County, WA · pop 3,698 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 53005011401 covers part of the Kennewick Civic Center area of Kennewick, WA, and scores 7.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,698 residents. Against Benton County at 42.8%, roughly two in three of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,346
Renter share50.3%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate20.1%
Median income$56,842
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kennewick and the region
Centroid at 46.1945, -119.1193 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kennewick Civic Center scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
20.1% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,275 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Kennewick Civic Center compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%Housing & transportation
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)
- 23Total filings over 1 yrs
- 5.07%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.1%Peak (2004)
- 23Filings in 2004 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Kennewick Civic Center. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kennewick Civic Center
The severe-burden share is 37%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. It sits 2.1 points above the Benton County average of 5.2.
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 7.7/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.6/10. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
The filing record is not thin: 23 evictions over 1 years of observation. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 7.1/10. Filings peaked in 2004 at 5.1% of renter households.
In a typical year about 5.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #11,153 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 9.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 53005011401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53005011401?
Census tract 53005011401 in the Kennewick Civic Center neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 53005011401?
Median gross rent is $1,275/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53005011401?
20.1% of residents in tract 53005011401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,698.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53005011401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 94th, minority 66th, housing 95th.
Q5
Is tract 53005011401 considered part of Kennewick Civic Center?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53005011401 fall within Kennewick Civic Center (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53005011401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 23 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 53005011401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.07% of renter households, peaking at 5.1% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 53005011401 compare to Kennewick overall?
Tract 53005011401 scores 7.3/10, 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.
Tract · WA
Windsong
7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Kennewick Civic Center
7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Kennewick Civic Center
7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Creekstone
7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
South Highlands
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Canyon Lakes
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Highlands
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Downtown
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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