Within parent city
8
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Lakewood Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 53053072112 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,887 · 30% of tract blocks fall in Lakewood
Tract 53053072112, home to 4,887 residents in Lakewood, scores 5.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 51st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,548 a month against an average household income of $97,352 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 43% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,976
Renter share43.5%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate2.4%
Median income$97,352
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lakewood and the region
Centroid at 47.1606, -122.5774 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakewood scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
2.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,548 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Lakewood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 30%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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)
- 292Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2005)
- 32Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 125Total filings 2020-21
- 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.60×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 Lakewood
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Lakewood eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Pierce County average of 5.5 and in line with the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.60x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
The tract is White and multiracial or other-race and ranks around the 39th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053072112
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053072112?
Census tract 53053072112 in Lakewood scores 4.7/10 (Moderate 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 53053072112?
Median gross rent is $1,548/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053072112?
2.4% of residents in tract 53053072112 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,887.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053072112?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 49th, minority 67th, housing 39th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053072112?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 292 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053072112 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.02% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053072112 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.60× 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 53053072112 compare to Lakewood overall?
Tract 53053072112 scores 4.7/10, lower than the parent city of Lakewood at 7/10. 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.
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Highest-risk tracts in Lakewood
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