Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Buckley Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 53053070207 · Pierce County, WA · pop 5,977 · 81% of tract blocks fall in Buckley
53053070207 is a census tract in Buckley, WA. It scores 4.5/10 for landlords. 38% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
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
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Buckley and the region
Centroid at 47.1508, -122.0114 · click any tract to drill in
Why Buckley scores 4.5
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
Against Pierce County at 47.5%, roughly two in three of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.4/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.9/10.
It sits 1.2 points below the Pierce County average of 5.7. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 68 filings here across 11 tracked years.
Running hot, housing-court posture reads 6.9/10. At $1,780 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Buckley commands.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 1.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.2% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 23% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.6/10.
Against average income of $125,784, annual rent is just 17%.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053070207
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053070207?
Census tract 53053070207 in Buckley scores 4.5/10 (Moderate 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 4.5/10, lower than the parent city of Buckley at 5.4/10. 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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