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Neighborhood · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally

International District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Lakewood

Tract 53053071706 · Pierce County, WA · pop 1,943 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

Census tract 53053071706 covers part of the International District area of Parkland, WA, and scores 7.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,943. Against Pierce County at 47.5%, 72% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
7.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 53% Stable renters 21% Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units729
Renter share73.7%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$50,403

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 5 tracts In International District
Very Low
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 9 tracts In Lakewood
High
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#28 of 193 tracts In Pierce County
High
Within state
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#194 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lakewood and the region

Centroid at 47.1565, -122.4672 · click any tract to drill in

Why International District scores 7.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lakewood
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,545 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lakewood
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lakewood
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lakewood
7.1

How International District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
International District risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.9This tracttract 0717066.6Lakewoodparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 682Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 12.77%Avg annual filing rate
  • 23.3%Peak (2006)
  • 44Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 53053071706
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 132Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.80×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 International District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in International District

28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10.

Against the Pierce County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.2 points. Set annual rent against average income of $50,403 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

This is renter territory: 74% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.1/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.5/10.

The filing record is not thin: 682 evictions over 11 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2006, when 23.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 12.8% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 90th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.7/10. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.0 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 53053071706

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053071706?

Census tract 53053071706 in the International District neighborhood scores 7.9/10 (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 53053071706?

Median gross rent is $1,545/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53053071706?

13.7% of residents in tract 53053071706 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,943.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53053071706?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 96th, minority 71th, housing 97th.
Q5

Is tract 53053071706 considered part of International District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053071706 fall within International District (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053071706?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 682 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053071706 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.77% of renter households, peaking at 23.3% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 53053071706 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.80× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 53053071706 compare to Lakewood overall?

Tract 53053071706 scores 7.9/10, higher than the parent city of Lakewood at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lakewood eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lakewood

Top eight tracts in Lakewood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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