Within parent city
41
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally
Tacoma Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 53053060200 · Pierce County, WA · pop 1,792 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Tacoma
Census tract 53053060200 belongs to Tacoma, Washington. It is home to 1,792 residents and scores 5.9/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 70th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 39% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,099 a month against an average household income of $90,568 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 67% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units726
Renter share66.5%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate10.9%
Median income$90,568
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tacoma and the region
Centroid at 47.2668, -122.4078 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tacoma scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Tacoma
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
10.9% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$2,099 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tacoma
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tacoma
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tacoma
7.5
How Tacoma compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 2%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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
- 1.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.3%Peak (2012)
- 1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 75% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 61Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 3.33×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked St Louis, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tacoma
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 7.5/10. 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 Tacoma eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Pierce County average of 5.5 and above the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 52nd 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 2% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053060200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053060200?
Census tract 53053060200 in Tacoma scores 5.2/10 (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 53053060200?
Median gross rent is $2,099/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053060200?
10.9% of residents in tract 53053060200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,792.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053060200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 4th, minority 62th, housing 81th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053060200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 25 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 53053060200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.64% of renter households, peaking at 2.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053060200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.33× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 53053060200 compare to Tacoma overall?
Tract 53053060200 scores 5.2/10, lower than the parent city of Tacoma at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tacoma eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 53053060200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 2% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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7.5
/ 10 · High
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7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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7
/ 10 · Elevated
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7
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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