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Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally

Larchmont Eviction Risk: Elevated , Tacoma

Tract 53053071603 · Pierce County, WA · pop 3,737 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

53053071603 is a census tract in the Larchmont area of Midland, WA. It scores 6.6/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs around two-thirds here against 47.5% across Pierce County.

Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 11% Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,194
Renter share31.6%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$86,084

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 9 tracts In Larchmont
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Tacoma
Very Low
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#72 of 193 tracts In Pierce County
Elevated
Within state
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#642 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Tacoma and the region

Centroid at 47.1643, -122.4170 · click any tract to drill in

Why Larchmont scores 6.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,771 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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.
Larchmont risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.6This tracttract 0716037.0Tacomaparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 53Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.68×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.4/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10.

On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.7/10. Against the Pierce County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. Average gross rent is $1,771, 15% above the Midland average.

Nationally it ranks #14,906 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $86,084. 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 53053071603

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053071603?

Census tract 53053071603 in the Larchmont neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 53053071603?

Median gross rent is $1,771/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53053071603?

9.8% of residents in tract 53053071603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,737.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53053071603?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 76th, minority 71th, housing 74th.
Q5

Is tract 53053071603 considered part of Larchmont?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053071603 fall within Larchmont (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 53053071603 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.68× 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.
Q7

How does tract 53053071603 compare to Tacoma overall?

Tract 53053071603 scores 6.6/10, lower 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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