Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Gig Harbor Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 53053072509 · Pierce County, WA · pop 6,006 · 71% of tract blocks fall in Gig Harbor
Census tract 53053072509 covers Gig Harbor, home to 6,006 residents. For landlords it grades 5.8/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 66% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
48% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,388 a month while the average household earns $119,224 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units2,332
Renter share20.5%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate3.8%
Median income$119,224
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gig Harbor and the region
Centroid at 47.3562, -122.5971 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gig Harbor scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gig Harbor
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Washington legislature & governorship
6.0
Economic stress
3.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,388 rent vs county FMR
6.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gig Harbor
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gig Harbor
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gig Harbor
5.9
How Gig Harbor compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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)
- 6Total filings 2020-21
- 0.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.24×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 Gig Harbor
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.3/10. 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 Gig Harbor, 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 above the Washington statewide average of 5.2. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 21st 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.24x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 53053072509
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 53053072509?
Census tract 53053072509 in Gig Harbor scores 2.5/10 (Lower 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 53053072509?
Median gross rent is $2,388/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 53053072509?
3.8% of residents in tract 53053072509 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,006.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 53053072509?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 59th, minority 31th, housing 41th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 53053072509 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.24× 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.
Q6
How does tract 53053072509 compare to Gig Harbor overall?
Tract 53053072509 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Gig Harbor at 6.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gig Harbor; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Gig Harbor
Top eight tracts in Gig Harbor ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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