Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally
Forks Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 53009000300 · Clallam County, WA · pop 4,373 · 61% of tract blocks fall in Forks
Tract 53009000300 sits in Forks, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.6/10. Population here is 4,373. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,950
Renter share42.8%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate21.0%
Median income$46,722
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
National
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Forks and the region
Centroid at 47.9450, -124.3708 · click any tract to drill in
Why Forks scores 7.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Forks
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
21.0% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$875 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Forks
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Forks
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Forks
7.3
How Forks 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.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 57%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%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)
- 80Total filings over 9 yrs
- 1.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.2%Peak (2014)
- 11Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 38% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Forks
It sits 1.9 points above the Clallam County average of 5.7. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2/10. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.2/10.
The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against Clallam County at 38.0%, 43% of renters here are cost-burdened.
The filing record is not thin: 80 evictions over 9 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2014, when 2.2% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 1.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.7/10.
Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $875, close to the Forks average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $46,722.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53009000300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53009000300?
Census tract 53009000300 in Forks scores 7.6/10 (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 53009000300?
Median gross rent is $875/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53009000300?
21.0% of residents in tract 53009000300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,373.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53009000300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 97th, minority 57th, housing 97th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53009000300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 80 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 53009000300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.25% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 53009000300 compare to Forks overall?
Tract 53009000300 scores 7.6/10, higher than the parent city of Forks at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Forks; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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