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Neighborhood · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally

Salmon Creek Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 53011040411 · Clark County, WA · pop 2,420 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 53011040411 covers part of the Salmon Creek area of Mount Vista, WA, and scores 6.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,420 residents. 23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 26% Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,160
Renter share52.2%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate13.4%
Median income$94,402

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Salmon Creek
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Salmon Creek
Very High
Within county
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#51 of 115 tracts In Clark County
Elevated
Within state
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#673 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Salmon Creek and the region

Centroid at 45.7182, -122.6438 · click any tract to drill in

Why Salmon Creek scores 6.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Salmon Creek
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
13.4% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,921 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Salmon Creek
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Salmon Creek
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Salmon Creek
5.5

How Salmon Creek compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Salmon Creek risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.5This tracttract 0404114.5Salmon Creekparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 59

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)

  • 34Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 1.22%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.9%Peak (2018)
  • 13Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 53011040411
Filings climbed 225% over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Salmon Creek. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Salmon Creek

What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 7.1/10. Cost burden runs 49% here against 43.7% across Clark County. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 34 filings here across 8 tracked years.

It sits 0.8 points above the Clark County average of 5.7. The worst year on record was 2018, when 1.9% 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 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Mount Vista as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract. Social vulnerability reads 6.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,921, close to the Mount Vista average.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $94,402. 52% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53011040411

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53011040411?

Census tract 53011040411 in the Salmon Creek neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 53011040411?

Median gross rent is $1,921/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53011040411?

13.4% of residents in tract 53011040411 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,420.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53011040411?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 71th, minority 43th, housing 89th.
Q5

Is tract 53011040411 considered part of Salmon Creek?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53011040411 fall within Salmon Creek (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53011040411?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 34 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 53011040411 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.22% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 53011040411 compare to Salmon Creek overall?

Tract 53011040411 scores 6.5/10, higher than the parent city of Salmon Creek at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Salmon Creek; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Salmon Creek

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

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