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Neighborhood · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally

Dixon Village Eviction Risk: Elevated , Tacoma

Tract 53053062902 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,228 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

53053062902 is a census tract in the Dixon Village area of Tacoma, WA. It scores 7.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,228. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.6/10.

Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 7% Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,637
Renter share13.3%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$84,276

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Dixon Village
Very Low
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#34 of 50 tracts In Tacoma
Low
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#56 of 193 tracts In Pierce County
Elevated
Within state
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#462 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Tacoma and the region

Centroid at 47.1944, -122.4787 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dixon Village scores 7.1

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
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,711 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Dixon Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Dixon Village risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.1This tracttract 0629027.0Tacomaparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 48

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 36Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.50×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Dixon Village. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Dixon Village

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.8/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Pierce County average of 5.7.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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.

On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 13% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.4/10.

Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 48% of renters. Average gross rent is $1,711, close to the Tacoma average.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $84,276.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 53053062902

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053062902?

Census tract 53053062902 in the Dixon Village neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (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 53053062902?

Median gross rent is $1,711/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53053062902?

6.2% of residents in tract 53053062902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,228.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53053062902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 37th, minority 57th, housing 27th.
Q5

Is tract 53053062902 considered part of Dixon Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053062902 fall within Dixon Village (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 53053062902 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.50× 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.
Q7

How does tract 53053062902 compare to Tacoma overall?

Tract 53053062902 scores 7.1/10, right in line with 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.
Q8

Was tract 53053062902 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. 33% 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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