Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Glacier Creek Eviction Risk: Moderate , South Hill
Tract 53053071212 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,110 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
Tract 53053071212 sits in the Glacier Creek area of South Hill eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. It is home to 4,110 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,373
Renter share47.1%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate2.1%
Median income$87,056
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Hill and the region
Centroid at 47.1347, -122.2864 · click any tract to drill in
Why Glacier Creek scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from South Hill
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
2.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,833 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Hill
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Hill
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Hill
5.1
How Glacier Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 20Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.88×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked St Louis, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Glacier Creek. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Glacier Creek
Against Pierce County at 47.5%, 41% of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 0.8 points below the Pierce County average of 5.7. Average gross rent is $1,833, 12% below the South Hill average.
On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.6/10.
Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $87,056.
47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053071212
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053071212?
Census tract 53053071212 in the Glacier Creek neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 53053071212?
Median gross rent is $1,833/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053071212?
2.1% of residents in tract 53053071212 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,110.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053071212?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 52th, minority 60th, housing 40th.
Q5
Is tract 53053071212 considered part of Glacier Creek?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053071212 fall within Glacier Creek (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053071212 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.88× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 53053071212 compare to South Hill overall?
Tract 53053071212 scores 4.9/10, lower than the parent city of South Hill at 5.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South Hill eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in South Hill
Top eight tracts in South Hill ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · WA
Manorwood North III
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Glacier Creek
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · WA
Meridian Terrace
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · WA
Western Sunset
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · WA
Meridian Terrace
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · WA
53053071309
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · WA
53053073120
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · WA
The North Rim
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
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