Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Ruston Way Eviction Risk: Lower , Tacoma
Tract 53053060500 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,103 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 53053060500 covers the Ruston Way neighborhood of Tacoma in Washington. Home to 4,103 residents, it scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 55th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,397 a month while the average household earns $169,773 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,602
Renter share16.4%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate2.1%
Median income$169,773
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tacoma and the region
Centroid at 47.2752, -122.4747 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ruston Way scores 3.9
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
2.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,397 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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 Ruston Way compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 49%Grade A
- 24%Grade B
- 9%Grade C
- 1%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)
- 24Total filings over 9 yrs
- 0.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.3%Peak (2015)
- 6Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 9Total filings 2020-21
- 0.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.60×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked St Louis, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Ruston Way. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ruston Way
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 about the same as the Pierce County average of 5.5 and in line with 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 3rd 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 24 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 0.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.3% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053060500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053060500?
Census tract 53053060500 in the Ruston Way neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (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 53053060500?
Median gross rent is $1,397/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053060500?
2.1% of residents in tract 53053060500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,103.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053060500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 4th, minority 22th, housing 8th.
Q5
Is tract 53053060500 considered part of Ruston Way?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053060500 fall within Ruston Way (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053060500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 24 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 53053060500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.60% of renter households, peaking at 1.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053060500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.60× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 53053060500 compare to Tacoma overall?
Tract 53053060500 scores 3.9/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 53053060500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 1% 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
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7.3
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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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