Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,676 of 84,120 nationally
Pacific Avenue Eviction Risk: High , Tacoma
Tract 53053063200 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,906 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Tract 53053063200 sits in the Pacific Avenue area of Tacoma eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.2/10. It is home to 4,906 residents. Cost burden runs 68% here against 47.5% across Pierce County.
Risk score
8.2
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,950
Renter share25.4%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate17.9%
Median income$88,297
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tacoma and the region
Centroid at 47.1990, -122.4322 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pacific Avenue scores 8.2
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
17.9% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,810 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: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%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
- 28%Grade B
- 35%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)
- 146Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2005)
- 13Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 18% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 66Total filings 2020-21
- 0.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.33×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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 Pacific Avenue. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pacific Avenue
The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against the Pierce County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.5 points. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 7.8/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 146 filings here across 11 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2005 at 4.6% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 2.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #6,676 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 5.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.3 points hotter. Average gross rent is $1,810, close to the Tacoma average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053063200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053063200?
Census tract 53053063200 in the Pacific Avenue neighborhood scores 8.2/10 (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 53053063200?
Median gross rent is $1,810/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053063200?
17.9% of residents in tract 53053063200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,906.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053063200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 65th, minority 59th, housing 30th.
Q5
Is tract 53053063200 considered part of Pacific Avenue?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053063200 fall within Pacific Avenue (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053063200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 146 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053063200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.75% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053063200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.33× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 53053063200 compare to Tacoma overall?
Tract 53053063200 scores 8.2/10, 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 53053063200 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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