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Neighborhood · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally

Clover Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Lakewood

Tract 53053071901 · Pierce County, WA · pop 5,597 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 7.2/10, tract 53053071901 in the Clover Park area of Lakewood, WA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,597. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.

Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 34% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units2,446
Renter share53.5%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate8.7%
Median income$74,357

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Clover Park
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 13 tracts In Lakewood
Moderate
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#52 of 193 tracts In Pierce County
Elevated
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#418 of 1,772 tracts In Washington
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lakewood and the region

Centroid at 47.1581, -122.5177 · click any tract to drill in

Why Clover Park scores 7.2

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
8.7% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,382 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 Clover Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Clover Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.2This tracttract 0719016.6Lakewoodparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

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)

  • 163Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 1.46%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.7%Peak (2008)
  • 18Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 53053071901
Filings climbed 29% over the past 11 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 55Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.70×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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Clover Park

Cost burden runs 37% here against 47.5% across Pierce County. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. 18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

It sits 1.5 points above the Pierce County average of 5.7. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.2/10. Court records carry 163 eviction filings across 11 observed years.

At $1,382 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Lakewood commands. Filings peaked in 2008 at 1.7% of renter households.

In a typical year about 1.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 86th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.9/10, 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 53053071901

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053071901?

Census tract 53053071901 in the Clover Park neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (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 53053071901?

Median gross rent is $1,382/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 53053071901?

8.7% of residents in tract 53053071901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,597.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 53053071901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 49th, minority 69th, housing 85th.
Q5

Is tract 53053071901 considered part of Clover Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053071901 fall within Clover Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053071901?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 163 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053071901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.46% of renter households, peaking at 1.7% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 53053071901 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.70× 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 53053071901 compare to Lakewood overall?

Tract 53053071901 scores 7.2/10, 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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