Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally
Larchmont Eviction Risk: Elevated , Tacoma
Tract 53053071601 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,713 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Tract 53053071601 sits in the Larchmont area of Midland, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.6/10. The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,662
Renter share45.5%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate20.2%
Median income$69,067
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tacoma and the region
Centroid at 47.1798, -122.4100 · click any tract to drill in
Why Larchmont scores 7.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Tacoma
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
20.2% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,411 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tacoma
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tacoma
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tacoma
7.7
How Larchmont compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%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)
- 389Total filings over 11 yrs
- 4.04%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.5%Peak (2015)
- 49Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 32% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 108Total filings 2020-21
- 1.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.56×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
Within Larchmont. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Larchmont
The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.4/10. Against the Pierce County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10.
The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Cost burden runs 53% here against 47.5% across Pierce County.
Court records carry 389 eviction filings across 11 observed years. The worst year on record was 2015, when 5.5% of renter households were served.
At $1,411 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Midland commands. In a typical year about 4.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 88% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053071601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053071601?
Census tract 53053071601 in the Larchmont neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (Elevated 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 53053071601?
Median gross rent is $1,411/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053071601?
20.2% of residents in tract 53053071601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,713.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053071601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 93th, minority 65th, housing 99th.
Q5
Is tract 53053071601 considered part of Larchmont?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053071601 fall within Larchmont (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053071601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 389 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053071601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.04% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053071601 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.56× 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.
Q8
How does tract 53053071601 compare to Tacoma overall?
Tract 53053071601 scores 7.6/10, higher than the parent city of Tacoma at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tacoma eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Tacoma
Top eight tracts in Tacoma ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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