Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally
Pacific Avenue Eviction Risk: Elevated , Tacoma
Tract 53053063100 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,516 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Tract 53053063100 sits in the Pacific Avenue area of Tacoma eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.8/10. Population here is 4,516. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,772
Renter share14.8%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$94,211
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tacoma and the region
Centroid at 47.1974, -122.4518 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pacific Avenue scores 6.8
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
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,811 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 23%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 124Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2008)
- 12Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 32Total filings 2020-21
- 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.55×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 clearest offset is economic stress at 1.5/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.8/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Pierce County average of 5.7.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10. Cost burden runs 53% here against 47.5% across Pierce County. Court records carry 124 eviction filings across 11 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2008 at 4.6% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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.
At $1,811 a month, rents run 8% over what the rest of Tacoma commands. In a typical year about 3.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 15% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.9/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053063100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053063100?
Census tract 53053063100 in the Pacific Avenue 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 53053063100?
Median gross rent is $1,811/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053063100?
6.2% of residents in tract 53053063100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,516.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053063100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 65th, minority 65th, housing 59th.
Q5
Is tract 53053063100 considered part of Pacific Avenue?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053063100 fall within Pacific Avenue (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053063100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 124 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053063100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.98% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053063100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.55× 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 53053063100 compare to Tacoma overall?
Tract 53053063100 scores 6.8/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 53053063100 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. 0% 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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8.4
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8.4
/ 10 · High
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8.4
/ 10 · High
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8.4
/ 10 · High
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8.4
/ 10 · High
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8.4
/ 10 · High
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8.4
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