Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Prairie Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53053070311 · Pierce County, WA · pop 5,398 · 47% of tract blocks fall in Prairie Heights
Census tract 53053070311 belongs to Prairie Heights, Washington. It is home to 5,398 residents and scores 5.3/10, a moderate reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #44,087 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 49% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,033 monthly, set against $124,447 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 8% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,887
Renter share7.9%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$124,447
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
4
th percentile
Very Low
National
7
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Prairie Heights and the region
Centroid at 47.1573, -122.1379 · click any tract to drill in
Why Prairie Heights scores 1.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Prairie Heights
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$2,033 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Prairie Heights
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Prairie Heights
2.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Prairie Heights
4.1
How Prairie Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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)
- 65Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.3%Peak (2013)
- 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 65Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 5.13×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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 Prairie Heights
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty 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 Prairie Heights, 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 5.13x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 23rd 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 53053070311
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053070311?
Census tract 53053070311 in Prairie Heights scores 1.6/10 (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 53053070311?
Median gross rent is $2,033/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053070311?
7.1% of residents in tract 53053070311 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,398.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053070311?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 41th, minority 38th, housing 21th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053070311?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 65 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053070311 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.66% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053070311 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 5.13× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 53053070311 compare to Prairie Heights overall?
Tract 53053070311 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of Prairie Heights at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Prairie Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Prairie Heights
Top eight tracts in Prairie Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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