Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Ruston Way Eviction Risk: Moderate , Tacoma
Tract 53053060600 · Pierce County, WA · pop 6,161 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
How risky is the Ruston Way neighborhood of Tacoma for landlords? Census tract 53053060600 scores 5.4/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 51% of US census tracts.
About 31% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,314 monthly, set against $101,771 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 49% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units2,900
Renter share49.3%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate9.6%
Median income$101,771
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
35
th percentile
Low
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tacoma and the region
Centroid at 47.2734, -122.4581 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ruston Way scores 5
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
9.6% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,314 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 24%Grade A
- 5%Grade B
- 45%Grade C
- 4%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)
- 148Total filings over 11 yrs
- 1.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.8%Peak (2004)
- 8Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 70% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 54Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.46×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 safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 25th 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.46x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053060600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053060600?
Census tract 53053060600 in the Ruston Way neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 53053060600?
Median gross rent is $1,314/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053060600?
9.6% of residents in tract 53053060600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,161.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053060600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 6th, minority 39th, housing 58th.
Q5
Is tract 53053060600 considered part of Ruston Way?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053060600 fall within Ruston Way (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053060600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 148 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053060600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.02% of renter households, peaking at 1.8% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053060600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.46× 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 53053060600 compare to Tacoma overall?
Tract 53053060600 scores 5/10, 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 53053060600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 4% 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Tacoma
Top eight tracts in Tacoma ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · WA
Stadium District
7.5
/ 10 · High
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Salishan
7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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McCarver Neighborhood
7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Dixon Village
7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Larchmont
7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
International District
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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Stadium District
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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The Verandas
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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