Skip to content
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

International District Eviction Risk: High , Lakewood

Tract 53053071808 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,739 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 53053071808 covers part of the International District area of Lakewood, WA, and scores 8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,739. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 31% Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units1,665
Renter share64.6%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate29.4%
Median income$51,949

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In International District
Moderate
Within parent city
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 13 tracts In Lakewood
Elevated
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 193 tracts In Pierce County
High
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#125 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lakewood and the region

Centroid at 47.1784, -122.4747 · click any tract to drill in

Why International District scores 8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lakewood
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
29.4% poverty · this tract
7.3
Supply constraint
$1,420 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lakewood
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lakewood
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lakewood
6.8

How International District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
International District risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 0718086.6Lakewoodparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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)

  • 575Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 5.72%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.4%Peak (2005)
  • 55Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 53053071808
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 223Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 4.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.72×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

Against the Pierce County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.3 points. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $51,949, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. Disability prevalence runs 44.3% against 31.5% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 7.3/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 20.0% against 11.3% nationally. 52% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Pierce County average of 47.5%. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 575 filings here across 11 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2005 at 6.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #7,836 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 53053071808

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053071808?

Census tract 53053071808 in the International District neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 53053071808?

Median gross rent is $1,420/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53053071808?

29.4% of residents in tract 53053071808 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,739.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53053071808?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 97th, minority 81th, housing 99th.
Q5

Is tract 53053071808 considered part of International District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053071808 fall within International District (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053071808?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 575 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053071808 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.72% of renter households, peaking at 6.4% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 53053071808 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.72× 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 53053071808 compare to Lakewood overall?

Tract 53053071808 scores 8/10, 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.

Related