Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 53015002004 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 53015002004 · Cowlitz County, WA · pop 1,424
How risky is Cowlitz in Cowlitz County for landlords? Census tract 53015002004 scores $1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 11% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
0% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $89,620 a year. Renters make up 12% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units669
Renter share12.4%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate10.2%
Median income$89,620
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cowlitz County and the region
Centroid at 46.3476, -122.8350 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 53015002004 scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
10.2% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 53015002004 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 53015002004
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at $1/10. 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 set by Washington eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Cowlitz County average of 5.3 and below the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 22nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53015002004
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53015002004?
Census tract 53015002004 in Cowlitz County scores 4.5/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 53015002004?
10.2% of residents in tract 53015002004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,424.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 53015002004?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 23th, minority 6th, housing 25th.
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