Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,456 of 84,120 nationally
Oakland Madrona Eviction Risk: Elevated , Tacoma
Tract 53053062600 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,215 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
The Oakland Madrona neighborhood of Tacoma is where census tract 53053062600 sits, home to 4,215 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.4/10. That is riskier than roughly 84% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 61% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,667 monthly, set against $61,508 in average yearly household income, roughly 33% of income at the averages. Renters make up 88% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 53%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 12%
Tract context
Occupied units2,205
Renter share87.9%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate20.5%
Median income$61,508
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tacoma and the region
Centroid at 47.2204, -122.4774 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oakland Madrona scores 6.5
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
20.5% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,667 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 17%Grade C
- 21%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)
- 419Total filings over 11 yrs
- 5.12%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.1%Peak (2014)
- 53Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 96% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 216Total filings 2020-21
- 2.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.24×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
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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 419 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 5.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.1% of renter households in 2014.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 21% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
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 53053062600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053062600?
Census tract 53053062600 in the Oakland Madrona neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 53053062600?
Median gross rent is $1,667/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053062600?
20.5% of residents in tract 53053062600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,215.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053062600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 90th, minority 68th, housing 89th.
Q5
Is tract 53053062600 considered part of Oakland Madrona?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053062600 fall within Oakland Madrona (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053062600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 419 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053062600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.12% of renter households, peaking at 7.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053062600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.24× 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 53053062600 compare to Tacoma overall?
Tract 53053062600 scores 6.5/10, 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 53053062600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 21% 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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Top eight tracts in Tacoma ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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7.5
/ 10 · High
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7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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7
/ 10 · Elevated
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Larchmont
7
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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Stadium District
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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