Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally
Tahoma Narrows Eviction Risk: Elevated , Tacoma
Tract 53053061001 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,225 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
53053061001 is a census tract in the Tahoma Narrows area of Tacoma, WA. It scores 6.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,225. 38% 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
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,922
Renter share33.2%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$118,670
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tacoma and the region
Centroid at 47.2539, -122.5484 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tahoma Narrows scores 6.3
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
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,445 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Tahoma Narrows compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 46%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 87Total filings over 11 yrs
- 1.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.8%Peak (2004)
- 5Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 58% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 47Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.86×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
Within Tahoma Narrows. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tahoma Narrows
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.8/10. 56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Pierce County average of 47.5%.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 2/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.8/10.
Court records carry 87 eviction filings across 11 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,445, 14% below the Tacoma average. The worst year on record was 2004, when 1.8% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Tacoma. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 1.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 80th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.6/10. Against average income of $118,670, annual rent is just 15%.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053061001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053061001?
Census tract 53053061001 in the Tahoma Narrows neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (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 53053061001?
Median gross rent is $1,445/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053061001?
7.3% of residents in tract 53053061001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,225.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053061001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 44th, minority 36th, housing 78th.
Q5
Is tract 53053061001 considered part of Tahoma Narrows?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053061001 fall within Tahoma Narrows (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053061001?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 87 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053061001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.28% of renter households, peaking at 1.8% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053061001 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.86× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 53053061001 compare to Tacoma overall?
Tract 53053061001 scores 6.3/10, lower than the parent city of Tacoma at 7/10. 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 53053061001 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.
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