Within neighborhood
88
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
Larchmont Eviction Risk: High , Tacoma
Tract 53053063401 · Pierce County, WA · pop 5,004 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
With a score of 8.1/10, tract 53053063401 in the Larchmont area of Tacoma, WA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,004. 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 24%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,881
Renter share42.7%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate11.0%
Median income$65,847
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tacoma and the region
Centroid at 47.1864, -122.4314 · click any tract to drill in
Why Larchmont 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
11.0% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,420 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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 Larchmont compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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
- 50%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 104Total filings 2020-21
- 1.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.76×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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 Larchmont. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Larchmont
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.9/10. Cost burden runs 57% here against 47.5% across Pierce County.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.8/10. The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10. At $1,420 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Tacoma commands.
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. On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.7/10. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053063401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053063401?
Census tract 53053063401 in the Larchmont 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 53053063401?
Median gross rent is $1,420/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053063401?
11.0% of residents in tract 53053063401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,004.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053063401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 62th, minority 71th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 53053063401 considered part of Larchmont?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053063401 fall within Larchmont (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053063401 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.76× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 53053063401 compare to Tacoma overall?
Tract 53053063401 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.
Q8
Was tract 53053063401 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Tacoma
Top eight tracts in Tacoma ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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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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International District
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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