Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally
Bonney Lake Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53053070309 · Pierce County, WA · pop 6,534 · 71% of tract blocks fall in Bonney Lake
In Bonney Lake, census tract 53053070309 scores 5.4/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 51st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 60% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,254 monthly, set against $147,279 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 15% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units2,316
Renter share15.3%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate4.0%
Median income$147,279
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
6
th percentile
Very Low
National
8
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bonney Lake and the region
Centroid at 47.1855, -122.1500 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bonney Lake scores 1.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bonney Lake
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
4.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,254 rent vs county FMR
6.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bonney Lake
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bonney Lake
4.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bonney Lake
4.6
How Bonney Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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)
- 81Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2008)
- 3Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 24Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.04×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 Bonney Lake
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.1/10. 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 Bonney Lake, 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 in line with 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 1.04x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 81 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 2.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.8% of renter households in 2008.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053070309
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053070309?
Census tract 53053070309 in Bonney Lake scores 1.7/10 (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 53053070309?
Median gross rent is $2,254/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053070309?
4.0% of residents in tract 53053070309 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,534.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053070309?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 36th, minority 37th, housing 79th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053070309?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 81 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053070309 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.03% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053070309 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.04× 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 53053070309 compare to Bonney Lake overall?
Tract 53053070309 scores 1.7/10, lower than the parent city of Bonney Lake at 6.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bonney Lake; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bonney Lake
Top eight tracts in Bonney Lake ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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