Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Cougar Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 53015001501 · Cowlitz County, WA · pop 3,745 · 3% of tract blocks fall in Cougar
53015001501 is a census tract in Cougar, WA. It scores 4.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,745. 29% 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
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,275
Renter share20.5%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate29.2%
Median income$92,527
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cougar and the region
Centroid at 46.0372, -122.4785 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cougar scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cougar
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
29.2% poverty · this tract
7.3
Supply constraint
$1,028 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cougar
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cougar
1.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cougar
3.8
How Cougar compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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)
- 58Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.1%Peak (2018)
- 12Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 140% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cougar
Pulling hardest the other way is tenant-organizing strength at 1/10. 29% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Cowlitz County average of 40.6%.
The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.3/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 7.3/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 58 filings here across 11 tracked years. Against the Cowlitz County average of 5.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.
Filings peaked in 2018 at 7.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 21% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.9/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 53015001501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53015001501?
Census tract 53015001501 in Cougar scores 4.7/10 (Moderate 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 53015001501?
Median gross rent is $1,028/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53015001501?
29.2% of residents in tract 53015001501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,745.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53015001501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 76th, minority 23th, housing 45th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53015001501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 58 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53015001501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.88% of renter households, peaking at 7.1% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 53015001501 compare to Cougar overall?
Tract 53015001501 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Cougar at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cougar; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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