Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
South End Eviction Risk: High , Tacoma
Tract 53053063000 · Pierce County, WA · pop 3,717 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 53053063000 sits in the South End area of Tacoma eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.1/10. Population here is 3,717. It sits 2.4 points above the Pierce County average of 5.7.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,490
Renter share24.4%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate15.9%
Median income$81,046
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tacoma and the region
Centroid at 47.1972, -122.4678 · click any tract to drill in
Why South End scores 8.1
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
15.9% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,549 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 South End compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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
- 12%Grade C
- 13%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)
- 205Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.57%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2014)
- 21Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 19% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 80Total filings 2020-21
- 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.81×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked St Louis, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South End
The score leans hardest on local political climate at 7.8/10. Against Pierce County at 47.5%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10.
Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 7.5/10. Court records carry 205 eviction filings across 11 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 4.9% of renter households. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Tacoma. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 3.6% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #7,382 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 24% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 5.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053063000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053063000?
Census tract 53053063000 in the South End neighborhood scores 8.1/10 (High 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 53053063000?
Median gross rent is $1,549/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053063000?
15.9% of residents in tract 53053063000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,717.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053063000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 44th, minority 73th, housing 44th.
Q5
Is tract 53053063000 considered part of South End?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053063000 fall within South End (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053063000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 205 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053063000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.57% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053063000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.81× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 53053063000 compare to Tacoma overall?
Tract 53053063000 scores 8.1/10, 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 53053063000 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. 13% 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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