Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Oakridge Eviction Risk: Moderate , Fircrest
Tract 53053072305 · Pierce County, WA · pop 6,442 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
53053072305 is a census tract in the Oakridge area of Fircrest, WA. It scores 4/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,442. Against Pierce County at 47.5%, 30% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,782
Renter share27.8%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate5.7%
Median income$102,419
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
16
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fircrest and the region
Centroid at 47.2311, -122.5158 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oakridge scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fircrest
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
5.7% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,380 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fircrest
2.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fircrest
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fircrest
2.9
How Oakridge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 26%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 109Total filings over 11 yrs
- 1.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.9%Peak (2008)
- 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 42% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 24Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.5Pre-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
Within Oakridge. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oakridge
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.4/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10.
It sits 1.7 points below the Pierce County average of 5.7. The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.6/10.
The filing record is not thin: 109 evictions over 11 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,380, 11% below the Fircrest average.
The worst year on record was 2008, when 1.9% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 1.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #48,956 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.7/10, 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 53053072305
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053072305?
Census tract 53053072305 in the Oakridge neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 53053072305?
Median gross rent is $1,380/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053072305?
5.7% of residents in tract 53053072305 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,442.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053072305?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 38th, minority 42th, housing 23th.
Q5
Is tract 53053072305 considered part of Oakridge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053072305 fall within Oakridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 53053072305?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 109 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 53053072305 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.27% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 53053072305 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.
Q8
How does tract 53053072305 compare to Fircrest overall?
Tract 53053072305 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of Fircrest at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fircrest; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 53053072305 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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