Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #80,791 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Tapps Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53053070307 · Pierce County, WA · pop 5,975 · 50% of tract blocks fall in Lake Tapps
With a score of 4.8/10, tract 53053070307 in Lake Tapps ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 5,975 residents. On the national scale it ranks #58,741 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 66% of renter households, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,120 monthly, set against $159,896 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 5% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units2,043
Renter share4.5%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate2.4%
Median income$159,896
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
3
th percentile
Very Low
National
4
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lake Tapps and the region
Centroid at 47.2120, -122.1282 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake Tapps scores 1.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lake Tapps
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
2.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,120 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lake Tapps
1.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lake Tapps
2.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lake Tapps
2.4
How Lake Tapps compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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)
- 17Total filings over 8 yrs
- 1.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.6%Peak (2010)
- 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 2Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.46×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
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lake Tapps
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 5.9/10. 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 Lake Tapps, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Pierce County average of 5.5 and below the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.46x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 4th 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 53053070307
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053070307?
Census tract 53053070307 in Lake Tapps scores 1.3/10 (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 53053070307?
Median gross rent is $2,120/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053070307?
2.4% of residents in tract 53053070307 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,975.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053070307?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 8th, minority 12th, housing 13th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053070307?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 17 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 53053070307 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.35% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053070307 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.46× 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.
Q7
How does tract 53053070307 compare to Lake Tapps overall?
Tract 53053070307 scores 1.3/10, lower than the parent city of Lake Tapps at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lake Tapps; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lake Tapps
Top eight tracts in Lake Tapps ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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