Columbia Valley Gardens Eviction Risk: Moderate , Longview
Tract 53015000702 · Cowlitz County, WA · pop 3,159 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
The Columbia Valley Gardens area of Longview is where census tract 53015000702 sits, home to 3,159 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.7/10. It lands near the 63rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
45% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,744 a month against an average household income of $81,394 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Longview and the region
Centroid at 46.1554, -122.9712 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbia Valley Gardens scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Columbia Valley Gardens compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%Housing & transportation
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)
- 49Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.22%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.4%Peak (2015)
- 5Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Columbia Valley Gardens. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
What drives eviction risk in Columbia Valley Gardens
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.9/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Longview eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Cowlitz County average of 5.3 and above the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 61st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 49 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 2.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.4% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
About tract 53015000702
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