Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally
Steilacoom Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 53053072109 · Pierce County, WA · pop 3,707 · 80% of tract blocks fall in Steilacoom
53053072109 is a census tract in Steilacoom, WA. It scores 6.2/10 for landlords. The clearest offset is economic stress at 2/10.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,637
Renter share33.8%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate8.1%
Median income$92,104
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Steilacoom and the region
Centroid at 47.1660, -122.6310 · click any tract to drill in
Why Steilacoom scores 6.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Steilacoom
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
8.1% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,836 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Steilacoom
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Steilacoom
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Steilacoom
6.5
How Steilacoom compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%Housing & transportation
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)
- 102Total filings over 11 yrs
- 1.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2009)
- 3Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 57% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 37Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.64×Ratio to 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
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Steilacoom
14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.4/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 102 filings here across 11 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2009 at 4.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 80th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 2.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. 49% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
It tracks the Pierce County average of 5.7 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053072109
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053072109?
Census tract 53053072109 in Steilacoom scores 6.2/10 (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 53053072109?
Median gross rent is $1,836/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053072109?
8.1% of residents in tract 53053072109 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,707.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053072109?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 42th, minority 58th, housing 13th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053072109?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 102 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053072109 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.99% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053072109 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.64× 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 53053072109 compare to Steilacoom overall?
Tract 53053072109 scores 6.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Steilacoom at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Steilacoom; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Steilacoom
Top eight tracts in Steilacoom ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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