Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Oakland Madrona Eviction Risk: Elevated , Tacoma
Tract 53053061100 · Pierce County, WA · pop 6,569 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
With a score of 7.4/10, tract 53053061100 in the Oakland Madrona area of Tacoma, WA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,569 residents. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units2,952
Renter share33.3%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$84,211
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tacoma and the region
Centroid at 47.2456, -122.4937 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oakland Madrona scores 7.4
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
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,218 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Oakland Madrona compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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
- 7%Grade B
- 22%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)
- 182Total filings over 11 yrs
- 1.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.2%Peak (2004)
- 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 62% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 46Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.13×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near 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 Oakland Madrona. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oakland Madrona
21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. At $1,218 a month, rents run 27% under what the rest of Tacoma commands.
Against the Pierce County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.8/10.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.4/10. The filing record is not thin: 182 evictions over 11 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2004, when 2.2% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 1.3% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.4/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053061100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053061100?
Census tract 53053061100 in the Oakland Madrona neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 53053061100?
Median gross rent is $1,218/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053061100?
9.5% of residents in tract 53053061100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,569.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053061100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 39th, minority 47th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 53053061100 considered part of Oakland Madrona?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053061100 fall within Oakland Madrona (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053061100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 182 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053061100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.31% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053061100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.13× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 53053061100 compare to Tacoma overall?
Tract 53053061100 scores 7.4/10, higher 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 53053061100 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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