Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Buckley Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53053070207 · Pierce County, WA · pop 5,977 · 81% of tract blocks fall in Buckley
In Buckley, census tract 53053070207 scores 5.8/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 66th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
65% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,780 a month against an average household income of $125,784 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units2,211
Renter share22.7%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$125,784
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
31
th percentile
Low
Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Buckley and the region
Centroid at 47.1508, -122.0114 · click any tract to drill in
Why Buckley scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Buckley
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,780 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Buckley
9.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Buckley
5.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Buckley
6.9
How Buckley compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%Housing & transportation
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)
- 68Total filings over 11 yrs
- 1.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.9%Peak (2015)
- 12Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 21Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.24×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked St Louis, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Buckley
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 9.4/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Buckley, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Pierce County average of 5.5 and above the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 68 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 1.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.9% of renter households in 2015.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 29th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053070207
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053070207?
Census tract 53053070207 in Buckley scores 2.8/10 (Lower 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 53053070207?
Median gross rent is $1,780/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053070207?
7.6% of residents in tract 53053070207 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,977.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053070207?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 22th, minority 18th, housing 64th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053070207?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 68 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053070207 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.24% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053070207 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.24× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 53053070207 compare to Buckley overall?
Tract 53053070207 scores 2.8/10, lower than the parent city of Buckley at 6.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Buckley; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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