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Stadium District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Tacoma

Tract 53053061501 · Pierce County, WA · pop 2,557 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 53053061501 sits in the Stadium District area of Tacoma eviction risk, Washington eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.5/10. That is riskier than about 86% of US census tracts.

About 53% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,620 monthly, set against $51,601 in average yearly household income, roughly 38% of income at the averages. Renters make up 96% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 51% Stable renters 45% Owners 4%
Tract context
Occupied units1,763
Renter share96.3%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate23.5%
Median income$51,601

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Stadium District
Moderate
Within parent city
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 50 tracts In Tacoma
High
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#13 of 193 tracts In Pierce County
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#137 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Tacoma and the region

Centroid at 47.2596, -122.4489 · click any tract to drill in

Why Stadium District scores 6.8

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
23.5% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,620 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 Stadium District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Stadium District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.86.8This tracttract 061501Tacoma: 7.87.8Tacomaparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.54.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 205Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.01×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 2 filings (0.75× baseline)2020-02-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2020-03-01: 3 filings (2.26× 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: 1 filings (0.37× 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: 3 filings (1.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 1 filings (0.30× baseline)2021-07-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2021-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 1 filings (0.30× baseline)2021-10-01: 2 filings (0.75× baseline)2021-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 1 filings (0.60× baseline)2022-01-01: 2 filings (0.75× baseline)2022-02-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2022-03-01: 3 filings (2.26× baseline)2022-04-01: 1 filings (0.37× baseline)2022-05-01: 5 filings (1.67× baseline)2022-06-01: 3 filings (0.90× baseline)2022-07-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2022-08-01: 16 filings (5.99× baseline)2022-09-01: 2 filings (0.60× baseline)2022-10-01: 2 filings (0.75× baseline)2022-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-12-01: 1 filings (0.60× baseline)2023-01-01: 2 filings (0.75× baseline)2023-02-01: 7 filings (2.33× baseline)2023-03-01: 6 filings (4.51× baseline)2023-04-01: 5 filings (1.87× baseline)2023-05-01: 2 filings (0.67× baseline)2023-06-01: 2 filings (0.60× baseline)2023-07-01: 4 filings (1.33× baseline)2023-08-01: 3 filings (1.12× baseline)2023-09-01: 3 filings (0.90× baseline)2023-10-01: 4 filings (1.50× baseline)2023-11-01: 7 filings (2.62× baseline)2023-12-01: 1 filings (0.60× baseline)2024-01-01: 4 filings (1.50× baseline)2024-02-01: 7 filings (2.33× baseline)2024-03-01: 5 filings (3.76× baseline)2024-04-01: 3 filings (1.12× baseline)2024-05-01: 4 filings (1.33× baseline)2024-06-01: 5 filings (1.50× baseline)2024-07-01: 3 filings (1.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 3 filings (1.12× baseline)2024-09-01: 7 filings (2.10× baseline)2024-10-01: 2 filings (0.75× baseline)2024-11-01: 2 filings (0.75× baseline)2024-12-01: 5 filings (2.99× baseline)2025-01-01: 3 filings (1.12× baseline)2025-02-01: 2 filings (0.67× baseline)2025-03-01: 6 filings (4.51× baseline)2025-04-01: 2 filings (0.75× baseline)2025-05-01: 4 filings (1.33× baseline)2025-06-01: 4 filings (1.20× baseline)2025-07-01: 9 filings (3.00× baseline)2025-08-01: 3 filings (1.12× baseline)2025-09-01: 4 filings (1.20× baseline)2025-10-01: 5 filings (1.87× baseline)2025-11-01: 7 filings (2.62× baseline)2025-12-01: 2 filings (1.20× baseline)2026-01-01: 1 filings (0.37× baseline)2026-02-01: 4 filings (1.33× baseline)2026-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× 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 Stadium District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Stadium District

The heaviest input here 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 above the Pierce County average of 5.5 and above the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.01x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.

Part of this tract, about 10% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 53053061501

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053061501?

Census tract 53053061501 in the Stadium District neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (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 53053061501?

Median gross rent is $1,620/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53053061501?

23.5% of residents in tract 53053061501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,557.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53053061501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 31th, minority 56th, housing 97th.
Q5

Is tract 53053061501 considered part of Stadium District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053061501 fall within Stadium District (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 53053061501 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.01× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 53053061501 compare to Tacoma overall?

Tract 53053061501 scores 6.8/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 53053061501 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. 10% 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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