Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Pacific Avenue Eviction Risk: Moderate , Tacoma
Tract 53053062400 · Pierce County, WA · pop 6,686 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 53053062400 runs through the Pacific Avenue neighborhood of Tacoma. With 6,686 residents, it scores 6.3/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #15,413 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 47% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,693 monthly, set against $98,277 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 17% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units2,421
Renter share17.1%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate18.2%
Median income$98,277
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tacoma and the region
Centroid at 47.2145, -122.4338 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pacific Avenue scores 5.7
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
18.2% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,693 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 Pacific Avenue compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 60%Grade B
- 20%Grade C
- 6%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)
- 183Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2013)
- 27Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 238% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 65Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.67×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 Pacific Avenue. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pacific Avenue
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 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.
Part of this tract, about 6% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was B ("Still Desirable"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 66th 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053062400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053062400?
Census tract 53053062400 in the Pacific Avenue neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 53053062400?
Median gross rent is $1,693/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053062400?
18.2% of residents in tract 53053062400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,686.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053062400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 46th, minority 58th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 53053062400 considered part of Pacific Avenue?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053062400 fall within Pacific Avenue (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053062400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 183 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053062400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.24% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053062400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.67× 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 53053062400 compare to Tacoma overall?
Tract 53053062400 scores 5.7/10, 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 53053062400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 6% 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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7.3
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/ 10 · Elevated
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7
/ 10 · Elevated
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7
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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