Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
West Hampton Eviction Risk: Elevated , University Place
Tract 53053072314 · Pierce County, WA · pop 4,635 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 53053072314 sits in the West Hampton area of University Place eviction risk, WA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.4/10. It is home to 4,635 residents. Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,747
Renter share43.6%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate18.9%
Median income$92,404
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across University Place and the region
Centroid at 47.2034, -122.5414 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Hampton scores 7.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from University Place
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
18.9% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,717 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from University Place
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from University Place
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from University Place
6.3
How West Hampton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 71
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 71Total filings 2020-21
- 0.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.75×Ratio to 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 West Hampton
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.3/10. It sits 1.7 points above the Pierce County average of 5.7. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10.
The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against Pierce County at 47.5%, 52% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.4/10. Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,717, close to the University Place average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $92,404.
44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053072314
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053072314?
Census tract 53053072314 in the West Hampton neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 53053072314?
Median gross rent is $1,717/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053072314?
18.9% of residents in tract 53053072314 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,635.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053072314?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 91th, minority 61th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 53053072314 considered part of West Hampton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 53053072314 fall within West Hampton (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 53053072314 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.75× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (St Louis, MO), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 53053072314 compare to University Place overall?
Tract 53053072314 scores 7.4/10, higher than the parent city of University Place at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from University Place eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in University Place
Top eight tracts in University Place ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · WA
Martha's Vineyard
7.1
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Allegra Terrace Aparments
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Fox Glen
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Bridgeport Terrace
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · WA
Grandview Park
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · WA
Alameda Park
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · WA
Mirabeau
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
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