Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Waterville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53017950200 · Douglas County, WA · pop 2,993 · 13% of tract blocks fall in Waterville
Eviction risk in Waterville in Douglas County centers on tract 53017950200, which scores 3.7/10 (Lower tier) and is home to 2,993 residents. It lands near the 7th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 17% of renter households, a modest level, and 3% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $950 a month against an average household income of $74,643 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
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
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
41
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 3.5
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 heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.3/10. 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 Waterville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Douglas County average of 4.1 and below the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 25 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 0.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.3% of renter households in 2013.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 58th 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.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 53017950200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53017950200?
Census tract 53017950200 in Waterville scores 3.5/10 (Lower 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 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Waterville at 6.2/10. 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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