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.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.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-friendlyHow International District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%Housing & transportation
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)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 223Total filings 2020-21
- 2.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.72×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked St Louis, MO as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within International District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
About tract 53053071808
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Highest-risk tracts in Lakewood
Top eight tracts in Lakewood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.