Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally
Hoquiam Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 53027001500 · Grays Harbor County, WA · pop 4,098 · 86% of tract blocks fall in Hoquiam
Tract 53027001500 sits in Hoquiam, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.9/10. It is home to 4,098 residents. 27% 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
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,905
Renter share46.8%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate18.8%
Median income$47,540
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
90
th percentile
High
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hoquiam and the region
Centroid at 46.9876, -124.0081 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hoquiam scores 6.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hoquiam
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.7
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
18.8% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$794 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hoquiam
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hoquiam
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hoquiam
6.2
How Hoquiam compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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)
- 106Total filings over 6 yrs
- 2.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.3%Peak (2005)
- 17Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 32% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hoquiam
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.4/10. It sits 1.9 points above the Grays Harbor County average of 5.0.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. At $794 a month, rents run 27% under what the rest of Hoquiam commands.
The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against Grays Harbor County at 38.3%, 44% of renters here are cost-burdened.
The filing record is not thin: 106 evictions over 6 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2005, when 3.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.3% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $47,540.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53027001500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53027001500?
Census tract 53027001500 in Hoquiam scores 6.9/10 (Elevated 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 53027001500?
Median gross rent is $794/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53027001500?
18.8% of residents in tract 53027001500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,098.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53027001500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 99th, minority 33th, housing 55th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53027001500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 106 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 53027001500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.34% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 53027001500 compare to Hoquiam overall?
Tract 53027001500 scores 6.9/10, higher than the parent city of Hoquiam at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hoquiam; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hoquiam
Top eight tracts in Hoquiam ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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