Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Kelso Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 53015001700 · Cowlitz County, WA · pop 5,514 · 1% of tract blocks fall in Kelso
With a score of 5.7/10, tract 53015001700 in Kelso, WA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,514. Against Cowlitz County at 40.6%, 66% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,992
Renter share8.8%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate9.4%
Median income$79,929
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
55
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kelso and the region
Centroid at 46.1340, -122.7497 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kelso scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kelso
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
9.4% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,509 rent vs county FMR
5.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kelso
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kelso
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kelso
7.7
How Kelso compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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)
- 47Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2016)
- 5Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 67% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kelso
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. Average gross rent is $1,509, 24% above the Kelso average. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.7/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.4/10. Court records carry 47 eviction filings across 11 observed years. The worst year on record was 2016, when 5.9% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 3.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 74th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 9% 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. Social vulnerability reads 3.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. It tracks the Cowlitz County average of 5.5 closely.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $79,929.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53015001700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53015001700?
Census tract 53015001700 in Kelso scores 5.7/10 (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 53015001700?
Median gross rent is $1,509/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53015001700?
9.4% of residents in tract 53015001700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,514.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53015001700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 27th, minority 14th, housing 31th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53015001700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 47 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53015001700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.56% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 53015001700 compare to Kelso overall?
Tract 53015001700 scores 5.7/10, lower than the parent city of Kelso at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kelso; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kelso
Top eight tracts in Kelso ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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