Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Waterville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 53017950200 · Douglas County, WA · pop 2,993 · 13% of tract blocks fall in Waterville
53017950200 is a census tract in Waterville, WA. It scores 4.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,993. 17% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Douglas County average of 34.4%.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,156
Renter share30.1%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate6.8%
Median income$74,643
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Waterville and the region
Centroid at 47.5865, -119.7795 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waterville scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Waterville
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
6.8% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$950 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Waterville
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Waterville
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Waterville
6.1
How Waterville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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)
- 25Total filings over 10 yrs
- 0.93%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.3%Peak (2013)
- 2Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Waterville
The clearest offset is court filing pressure at 0.8/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.3/10.
Average gross rent is $950, 21% below the Waterville average. It sits 1.0 points below the Douglas County average of 5.3.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 25 filings here across 10 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 1.3% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 0.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #44,239 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $74,643, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53017950200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53017950200?
Census tract 53017950200 in Waterville scores 4.3/10 (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 53017950200?
Median gross rent is $950/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53017950200?
6.8% of residents in tract 53017950200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,993.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53017950200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 71th, minority 32th, housing 65th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53017950200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 25 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53017950200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.93% of renter households, peaking at 1.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 53017950200 compare to Waterville overall?
Tract 53017950200 scores 4.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Waterville at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Waterville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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