Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Whitehawk Eviction Risk: Lower , Orting
Tract 53053070403 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,253 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
With a score of 3.7/10, tract 53053070403 in the Whitehawk area of Orting, WA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,536
Renter share21.7%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$111,604
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Orting and the region
Centroid at 47.0802, -122.2117 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitehawk scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Orting
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,124 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Orting
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Orting
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Orting
5.4
How Whitehawk compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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)
- 75Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.55%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.6%Peak (2012)
- 3Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 30Total filings 2020-21
- 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.53×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked St Louis, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitehawk
Against the Pierce County average of 5.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.0 points. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. Court records carry 75 eviction filings across 11 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2012 at 3.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.6% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 22% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 4.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.2 points cooler.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 50% of renters.
Average gross rent is $2,124, close to the Orting average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053070403
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053070403?
Census tract 53053070403 in the Whitehawk neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 53053070403?
Median gross rent is $2,124/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053070403?
3.4% of residents in tract 53053070403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,253.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053070403?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 38th, minority 30th, housing 83th.
Q5
Is tract 53053070403 considered part of Whitehawk?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053070403 fall within Whitehawk (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053070403?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 75 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053070403 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.55% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053070403 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.53× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 53053070403 compare to Orting overall?
Tract 53053070403 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Orting at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Orting; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Orting
Top eight tracts in Orting ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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