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Neighborhood · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally

Proctor Eviction Risk: Moderate , Tacoma

Tract 53053060904 · Pierce County, WA · pop 5,090 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 53053060904 (the Proctor area of Tacoma, Washington) comes in at 5.5/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #37,770 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

32% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,679 a month while the average household earns $102,557 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 28% Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units2,391
Renter share41.8%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$102,557

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Proctor
Moderate
Within parent city
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#43 of 50 tracts In Tacoma
Very Low
Within county
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#75 of 193 tracts In Pierce County
Elevated
Within state
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#781 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Tacoma and the region

Centroid at 47.2808, -122.5099 · click any tract to drill in

Why Proctor scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,679 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 Proctor compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Proctor risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.74.7This tracttract 060904Tacoma: 7.87.8Tacomaparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.54.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 52

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 227Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 1.56%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.9%Peak (2015)
  • 27Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 530530609042004: 21 filings (1.72/100 renter HHs)2005: 17 filings (1.35/100 renter HHs)2006: 16 filings (1.27/100 renter HHs)2007: 16 filings (1.27/100 renter HHs)2008: 26 filings (2.06/100 renter HHs)2009: 24 filings (1.90/100 renter HHs)2010: 16 filings (1.34/100 renter HHs)2012: 19 filings (1.31/100 renter HHs)2013: 25 filings (1.72/100 renter HHs)2014: 20 filings (1.38/100 renter HHs)2015: 27 filings (1.86/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 29% over the past 11 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 73Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.77×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 2 filings (0.75× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 1 filings (0.75× baseline)2022-01-01: 1 filings (0.37× baseline)2022-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 2 filings (0.75× baseline)2022-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 2 filings (2.00× baseline)2022-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 1 filings (0.75× baseline)2022-11-01: 1 filings (0.60× baseline)2022-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 1 filings (0.37× baseline)2023-02-01: 1 filings (3.03× baseline)2023-03-01: 1 filings (0.37× baseline)2023-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 1 filings (1.49× baseline)2023-06-01: 2 filings (2.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 2 filings (6.06× baseline)2023-08-01: 1 filings (1.49× baseline)2023-09-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 3 filings (2.26× baseline)2023-11-01: 2 filings (1.20× baseline)2023-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-01-01: 1 filings (0.37× baseline)2024-02-01: 2 filings (6.06× baseline)2024-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-04-01: 3 filings (3.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 2 filings (2.99× baseline)2024-06-01: 2 filings (2.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 1 filings (1.49× baseline)2024-09-01: 3 filings (3.00× baseline)2024-10-01: 1 filings (0.75× baseline)2024-11-01: 2 filings (1.20× baseline)2024-12-01: 1 filings (0.75× baseline)2025-01-01: 3 filings (1.12× baseline)2025-02-01: 2 filings (6.06× baseline)2025-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-04-01: 3 filings (3.00× baseline)2025-05-01: 1 filings (1.49× baseline)2025-06-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 1 filings (3.03× baseline)2025-08-01: 2 filings (2.99× baseline)2025-09-01: 3 filings (3.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 3 filings (2.26× baseline)2025-11-01: 1 filings (0.60× baseline)2025-12-01: 3 filings (2.26× baseline)2026-01-01: 2 filings (0.75× baseline)2026-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 1 filings (0.37× baseline)2026-04-01: 3 filings (3.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked St Louis, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Proctor. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Proctor

What moves this score most is 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 227 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 1.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.9% of renter households in 2015.

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.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 53053060904

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053060904?

Census tract 53053060904 in the Proctor neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 53053060904?

Median gross rent is $1,679/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53053060904?

6.3% of residents in tract 53053060904 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,090.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53053060904?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 51th, minority 45th, housing 91th.
Q5

Is tract 53053060904 considered part of Proctor?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053060904 fall within Proctor (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053060904?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 227 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053060904 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.56% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 53053060904 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.77× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 53053060904 compare to Tacoma overall?

Tract 53053060904 scores 4.7/10, 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 53053060904 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. 0% 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.

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